After operating my generator for about six hours one day a month ago,
including on the return leg home of a weekend trip, I filled the gas
tanks prior to parking the coach in my driveway.
The next morning I awoke to an odor of gasoline coming in through the
bedroom window. Upon checking, I found that the gas leak was from the
generator area. Pulling out the generator revealed that the gas line to
it was the culprit. It broke completely apart at the grommet on the
frame adjacent to where it connects to a barbed, right angle fitting,
under the generator when it's pushed in and locked in place.
My purpose in sharing this with you is to strongly recommend that you
take a look at yours, or even better, try to persuade you to replace
your generator gas line. It is a 30 inch piece of clear plastic hose.
I purchased mine (1/4" i.d. x 3/8" o.d.), @ $0.30 per foot, at an
industrial supply house (they call it Tybak brand hose).
The hose is secured to barbed fittings at each end by tiny hose type
clamps. Get two new one's of those too. It takes five to ten minutes
to do the job.
My surprise was that when I refilled the coach with gas, I learned that
I lost approximately 20 gallons. At the time I discovered the leak,
there was just a small concrete area under the rear of the coach that
was wet with gasoline.
Ironically, this is the second occasion that I've seen this line break.
On another individuals coach, he couldn't start his generator and in
checking, we found his line broken in half, also. How mine started I'll
never understand.
I also realize how tragic it could have been. The coach could have
started on fire and burned up out on the road.
Paul Bartz
including on the return leg home of a weekend trip, I filled the gas
tanks prior to parking the coach in my driveway.
The next morning I awoke to an odor of gasoline coming in through the
bedroom window. Upon checking, I found that the gas leak was from the
generator area. Pulling out the generator revealed that the gas line to
it was the culprit. It broke completely apart at the grommet on the
frame adjacent to where it connects to a barbed, right angle fitting,
under the generator when it's pushed in and locked in place.
My purpose in sharing this with you is to strongly recommend that you
take a look at yours, or even better, try to persuade you to replace
your generator gas line. It is a 30 inch piece of clear plastic hose.
I purchased mine (1/4" i.d. x 3/8" o.d.), @ $0.30 per foot, at an
industrial supply house (they call it Tybak brand hose).
The hose is secured to barbed fittings at each end by tiny hose type
clamps. Get two new one's of those too. It takes five to ten minutes
to do the job.
My surprise was that when I refilled the coach with gas, I learned that
I lost approximately 20 gallons. At the time I discovered the leak,
there was just a small concrete area under the rear of the coach that
was wet with gasoline.
Ironically, this is the second occasion that I've seen this line break.
On another individuals coach, he couldn't start his generator and in
checking, we found his line broken in half, also. How mine started I'll
never understand.
I also realize how tragic it could have been. The coach could have
started on fire and burned up out on the road.
Paul Bartz
wner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of Bartz, Paul
