Question 1998 Newmar MountainAire

[Kiotiken]

Hello I'm back trying to figure out all the options on my Newmar.
Is the air valve for air bags? Also is that the fresh water tank? This is on the passenger side. On the drivers side there is also a water tank. Wondering why two of them? Thanks again for helping a new guy get going. Ken

 

[GypsyR]

The first picture is a drain. Not sure for exactly what from the picture and my KountryAire is different and older, but when folks put campers up for the winter they want to be able to drain all the water from the plumbing so they don't have to worry about freeze damage to the pipes.
On mine, the second picture is the overflow for the water. I found this out when I had a bad valve on mine and "city water" was filling the tank unbeknownst to me while camping. Once the tank was full the excess just ran out that hose onto the ground.
Water tanks tend to be flattish and very wide. You sure aren't seeing the same tank?

 

[Kiotiken]

It appears that mine has two tanks. One on the other side also. Thanks for the reply.

 

[GypsyR]

I was under the impression MountainAires had a single 105 gallon tank. But there are certainly other MountainAire owners out there, perhaps we can get one to chime in. But you can't count on any certain person being on a particular forum at a particular time.

 

[Kiotiken]

I guess what I was wondering why there are two drains one on each side.

 

[GypsyR]

I wish I had two drains. To completely empty mine I have to jack the rear of the coach above level and have it lean to the driver's side a bit.

 

[Kiotiken]

GypsyR i can imagine that would be a pain.

 

[GypsyR]

Not really. I'll happily jack it all sorts of ways. Once when doing some repair work I jacked it over to the passenger side just to keep the door from swinging shut. It does gall me a bit that my water tank isn't nice and level when the rest of the coach is though. The pickup on mine is in the same area as the drain.

 

[RKins]

As for the air inlet I think you'll have to crawl under the coach and follow that pipe.

 

[Kiotiken]

I agree RKins, just being lazy and thought I'd ask here first.