Our Winnie Explorer has apparently sprung a water leak UNDER the shower base - an apparently fully enclosed area with no obvious access panel.
Came to notice when the water pump (which I had forgotten to turn off after our pre-trip tank flushing) began cycling almost continuously as we were about to head out of home base.
Frantic unlocking of house to retrieve keys & get into Girt. By the time we got inside, water was flowing down the floor toward front... managed to grab towels & stop it soaking fwd cab carpet, but there is still a leak somewhere. The towels we laid as a precaution before attending friend's birthday lunch were soaked by return at 3pm.
Second mop-up seems to have cleared that, so not sure if it's a "still leaking" situation or "last of the previous leak" draining out. We'll check again in an hour.
Does anyone know how to access the under-shower area?
I'm hoping that it's just a joint/T-piece which has popped and can be reattached... once I can get to it. Tried levering plastic edging away from panel at front, but no go. Cracked the panel slightly. May be glued in place. Can't cut away trim strip either... too well sealed.
The pump was cycling so fast I suspect it was pumping through an open hose-end, rather than a split which I would expect to take longer to cycle up to enough pressure to re-open.
All advice considered... but please make it fast. We were planning our getaway for Tuesday; hounds booked into kennels an' all.
If I can't access & solve it myself, it looks like an emergency trip to Prestige Caravans, Geelong on Tuesday morning.
(Faster to get there than trying for Roberts Winnebago in morning peak-hour!)
