Bob, you will probably be told that you are not priming it properly or to put vaseline around the O ring, Both of which are a load of cobblers. This has been a running discussion with Bailey for a while, however, below is something I posted earlier which may help with your dealer. Whale are aware of this now as are Bailey, question is, will they recall the faulty pumps? Good luck with it, Agzy
We went to the CC national meet and, after registration, went straight to the Whale stand and told them of our very noisy Bailey fitted, Whale pump. Within a couple of hours two very nice Irish gentlemen arrived at my van saying that it would be the way I primed the system and maybe a slight adjustment here and there. Two and half hours later they accepted that my pump was faulty and indeed that the problem was inherent in the way the thing had been assembled as apparently two of four diaphragms were smaller than the other two. This, after a slow, section by section dismantleling of the complete unit. Eventually they replaced the main, upper part of the pump, changed the inlet hose for one with a smaller bore and replaced the left hand tap which controls the water flow to the on-board tank. They were meticulous in the way they carried out the job and said that although they had heard of the complaints about noise mine was the first pump that they had actually had brought to them for examination and repair. By the time they had finished the noise from the pump was just a murmur and, with seat down and cushions in place was almost
inaudible. Fantastic! So, the noise was not normal, quite the opposite, and it was not the case of a caravanner being used to an external pump refusing to get used to change. Now it may not be the same fault with all those noisy pumps out there but get it checked out just in case. Oh, and by the way, the new series 6 has the water flow options controlled by electronics rather than those silly handles and they have installed an automatic cut-off in the on board tank when it is full.
------------- I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
Yes when we picked ours up a couple of weeks ago, we found our pump was noisy they told us it's because it's an on board pump but after reading Agzy's post last night I have printed it off and will be taking it with us for them to rectify the few things that need doing to ours. Having said that some friends of ours have a Europa and that has always had a noisy pump so it's not just Baileys. Our water has a t.c.p. taste too and we are going to do it with puriclean to see if that rectifies it.
Bob does your bed stay up when lifted or do you have to hold it up when you get things from underneath?
Re water, everyones water tastes awful. The only solution really is to get your drinking water direct from the site tap. No amount of cleaning etc will remove the taste. We use a large handled Tesco water bottle to hold our drinking water. Our bed won't stay up unless I make sure the mattress isn't catching on a little shelf. Is this happening to you? Noisy pump, dealer to look at it. I've already taken a print of the above. Our aerial works on some sites and not on others. Decided that even when it works, it's not up to much to be honest.
Yes when we picked ours up a couple of weeks ago, we found our pump was noisy they told us it's because it's an on board pump but after reading Agzy's post last night I have printed it off and will be taking it with us for them to rectify the few things that need doing to ours. Having said that some friends of ours have a Europa and that has always had a noisy pump so it's not just Baileys. Our water has a t.c.p. taste too and we are going to do it with puriclean to see if that rectifies it.
Bob does your bed stay up when lifted or do you have to hold it up when you get things from underneath?
Hi Janx, with regards to the tcp taste in water, we get the same, have
tried the usual Milton that has been recommended on here but it made
no difference, we now just have a container that we fill on site and use
for tea and drinking etc. I would be interested to see how you get on with
Quote: Originally posted by purplehat on 31/5/2007
Re water, everyones water tastes awful. The only solution really is to get your drinking water direct from the site tap.
Sorry have to dissagree we have always drunk water straight from the van, why do we have to go backwards by filling a kettle from a container, thats why I have a modern van and didn't stick with my old sprite with no running water.
Have had the same problem with our fleetwood. The pumps extremley noisy. Fleetwood got us to fit a piece of carpet underneath it! Its still noisy - surprise surprise! They have said they'll send us a new pump that we can get installed at the 1st service, which is 9 months away. But I think this is a common problem with Whale pumps as I've spoken to a lot of Bailey and Fleetwood owners who all seem to have the same problem. I'm sure someone told me that whale have made a quieter model now. so if so I'm gonna ask fleetwood for one of these.
I have a Bailey Pagent Series 6 and have the same water taste problem. I have tried cleaning with Puriclean without success. Anyone found the answer yet?
I have a Bailey Pagent Series 6 and have the same water taste problem. I have tried cleaning with Puriclean without success. Anyone found the answer yet?
We had this taste in the water we changed the filter that go'es into the barrel and that cured the problem, the filter smelled really bad of milton as i said changed filter and it's fine now I have a senetor indiana
------------- Trice x
Life's to short make the most of everyday
Any further news on the noise of the pumps, wife commented that the pump seemed noisy but its our first van so not to sure really, will have to check out some other friends vans, if the pumps are loud are the dealers rectifying this??
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Topic: Bailey Burgundy - Noisy Pump etc
