How to maintain your Camping Car?

It’s not complicated to keep your motorhome in good condition. Here, step by step, how to maintain it.

It's beautiful my camper. Yes, but how to keep it so clean and secure For a long time? Regular maintenance. From motor to tires, passing through the wintering phase. Wanderlix tells you how to maintain his camper!

Maintenance

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Maintain the mechanics In addition to the revisions recommended by your manufacturer, it is not necessary to be mechanic to check the levels (oil, cooling liquid, and brake, lava-vitre). For the rest, to you to see if you're familiar enough to carry out the maintenance of your vehicle. Nothing is worth a look at specialist. A car centre or a garage operator can carry out many operations routine maintenance. For the rest, turn to an establishment specialized in motorhomes.

Hold the bodywork As with any other vehicle: water, an environmentally friendly product and a little elbow oil! The use of a high-pressure cleaner is often not recommended due to the many possible infiltration locations. We think in particular the ventilation grids, the windows...

Likewise, be careful not to rub with the green side of the sponge and thus avoid scratch the plastic. A telescopic brush will allow you to reach more easily the high parts. Do not forget the roof, solar panels, rims and wheel passages. If you do not have room or equipment for clean your vehicle, some washing stations are suitable for motorhomes. The bodywork is not to be neglected.

Purger To protect yourself from frost damage, eliminate water in your tank clean water, empty the grey and black water (remove and clean the tape). Purge also your water heater and even the shower hose and water remains In the pipes. Disinfect the clean water tank and grey water.

Controls to be done on her camping-car

Waterproofing Don't neglect it. This check will cost you at least 130 euros but allows detecting infiltrations that, unsupported in time, could you expensive. This test does not exempt you from being attentive to how evolve all parts of your camping-car, better longevity gage.

Watch your tyres A motorhome is heavy. Take the time to identify the recommended pressures by the manufacturer (if necessary, contact professionals), and check regularly (once a month it’s good) these. Do yourself one head thinking that you will leave, for example, on the dashboard, with the Vehicle dimensions. Control your minima tires every five years by a professional. On the road, balance the load on the entire vehicle.

Cleaning and storage of your camping-car

Cell cleaning First of all, regularly have your vehicle. And clean regularly inside. Take the time to aspire all his kidneys, including the grids aeration, heating pipes. The different tips of your vacuum cleaner will be Your allies. Particular attention should be paid to the refrigerator, toilet and bathroom so, if you own it, that at the maintenance of the Air conditioning. For the walls, soapy water will suffice. More technical and more one-time: hold the refrigerator burner. This work can be entrusted to a specialist who will show you how to do it alone later. Likewise, once per year, it can be useful to grease the slides of drawers and hinges of closets. You don’t have time to clean your vehicle? Companies specialized can help you... for a few hundred euros.

Check your openings Regular cleaning of side berries and occasionally lubricate to using specific products the joints. For lanterns (roof windows), remove the leaves.

Open the fridge It is necessary to open your fridge to arrange the joints and ensure a air circulation. You can also unlock the berry handle and Lanterns (without opening). Do the same with the compartment storage of your (your) gas bottle (s) and toilet door to limit the accumulation of moisture.

Empty Get the cupboards out of the food, clothes, clothes. You can even remove cushions and mattresses (or minimally position them so as to leave air circulate). Enjoy it to clean them with steam and/or treat them against them Aliens.

Clean the inside The approach to winter is the opportunity, if you have not done so before, to realize all maintenance operations cited above. We'll also think about air conditioners and air refreshers. Again, a specialist can guide you. You can also place a dehumidifier.

Maintain your camper while winter

The bulk of the operations mentioned above can be carried out throughout year. Some, more ad hoc, may be on the occasion of the wintering. When a long period of time appears during which you will not use not your vehicle (winter in particular), this is a variety of operations generally very simple that will allow it to face the cold and humidity without damaging. Here is a list of these actions to be carried out, obviously:

Disconnect batteries This is an operation to be done often. Disconnect a battery for the cell, a Other for the engine. A professional can show you how to proceed.

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Devise the lyre of the gas Also think about the lyre of your gas bottles. This allows prevent the joint from gluing. Take a look at its deadline of use.

Desserrer the hand brake Dessert the hand brake avoids the grip. Start a speed and take care, if the soil is not allowed, to affix layers.

If you do not perform these wintering operations, it is advised, at minima, of Timely start your vehicle. And also plug it in 72 hours minimum to charge the cell battery.

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Keep your vehicle safe

Another solution: the tarpaulin. Manufacturers and specialized stores offer them. They are suitable for each vehicle template. This advice is as much for the periods of inuse only when you take the road. To park safely, find an area with shelter or shade. To find her, call her Yescapa , which will allow you to locate all spots and areas for camping-cars.

The possession of an extinguisher It is recommended to own one in your camper. Therefore, check from time to time the pressure level is on the green.

And here you have all the cards in hand! And as you see, a little personal investment allows to maintain its motorhome and keep it longer than possible.