Yahoo Message Number: 1521 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/1521)
On our coach there is no separate expansion tank or water fill location for the Hurricane heater so I assume it is all part of the main engine radiator cooling system.
Is this the way newer coaches are set-up or do they have separate systems?
David & Karen,
2000 CC Intrigue 11062
40 ft. Gourmet on the Road
Yahoo Message Number: 1522 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/1522)
We have a 2001 Intrigue and the overflow tank for the Hurricane is in the engine compartment on the left side just to the left of the oil dipstick. We were having problems with the Hurricane discharging fluid and they put on a larger tank that holds 6 gallons of anti-freeze.
Jack and Mary Lou Finnegan
11253
Yahoo Message Number: 1524 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/1524)
Yes, my Intrigue uses the engine radiator as the expansion tank. Not a dumb question though, since neither the Hurricane or CC manuals/diagrams describe the set-up.
Rob
'02 Intrigue - #11480
fill
main
separate
Yahoo Message Number: 1550 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/1550)
D&K---my 2003 Allure has a separate system.
Walt
203 Allure30811
Yahoo Message Number: 1551 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/1551)
David,
As I understand the Hurricane system... the water is circulated from the engine cooling supply (expansion tank, radiator, engine block, etc) through the Hurricane unit , via the Hurricane's pump, to the heat radiators inside the coach. This way, the engine provides heat, if needed, and some heat to the water heater. If your Hurricane unit is turned on.. even if heat is not called for... feel the pump in Hurricane bay and see how hot it gets from the circulating water from the engine.
I read in an earlier post that CC might have gone to a hydronic-only water heating system... but I have no first hand info on that.
The manual warns to check the clamps after a couple of weeks of use to make sure there is no loss of coolant from the system (and engine).
I'm not sure but I think that the Hurricane system would preheat the engine in cold weather.
Yahoo Message Number: 1552 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/1552)
Yahoo Message Number: 2820 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/2820)
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