Contents
6 I-Modell - 11/12 - Ausgabe 09/11 - 2096165 - BUE-0056-05EN
11.1.6 Waste water tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
11.1.7 Entrance step. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
11.2 Interior care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
11.3 Water system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
11.3.1 Cleaning the water tank . . . . . . . . . . . 206
11.3.2 Cleaning the water pipes . . . . . . . . . . 206
11.3.3 Disinfecting the water system . . . . . . 207
11.4 Extractor hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
11.5 Air conditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
11.5.1 Dometic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
11.5.2 Telair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
11.6 Winter care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
11.6.1 Preparations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
11.6.2 Winter operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
11.6.3 At the end of the winter season . . . . . 210
11.7 Lay-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
11.7.1 Temporary lay-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
11.7.2 Winter lay-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
11.7.3 Starting up the vehicle after a
temporary lay-up or after lay-up
over winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
12 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
12.1 Inspection work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
12.2 Maintenance work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
12.3 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
12.4 Living area battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
12.5 Fuel cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
12.5.1 Replacing the tank cartridge . . . . . . . 216
12.5.2 Refilling service fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
12.6 Alde hot-water heater. . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
12.6.1 Checking the fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . 218
12.6.2 Topping up heating fluid. . . . . . . . . . . 218
12.6.3 Bleeding the heating system . . . . . . . 218
12.6.4 Position of the bleeding valves . . . . . 219
12.7 Independent vehicle heater . . . . . . . . 220
12.8 Replacing bulbs, external. . . . . . . . . . 221
12.8.1 Front lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
12.8.2 Front lights (variant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
12.8.3 Rear lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
12.8.4 Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
12.8.5 Types of bulbs for exterior lighting . . . 227
12.9 Replacing bulbs, internal . . . . . . . . . . 227
12.9.1 Ceiling lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
12.9.2 Recessed halogen light . . . . . . . . . . . 228
12.9.3 Recessed halogen light (flat) . . . . . . . 229
12.9.4 Recessed light with LED . . . . . . . . . . 229
12.9.5 Halogen spotlight (movable) . . . . . . . 230
12.9.6 Wardrobe light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
12.9.7 Garage light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
12.10 Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
12.11 Vehicle identification plate . . . . . . . . . 232
12.12 Warning and information stickers. . . . 232
13 Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
13.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
13.2 Tyre selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
13.3 Tyre specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
13.4 Handling of tyres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
13.5 Changing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
13.5.1 General instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
13.5.2 Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
13.5.3 Changing a wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
13.6 Spare wheel support
(special equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
13.6.1 Spare wheel support under the
vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
13.6.2 Spare wheel support under the
vehicle (basket) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
13.6.3 Spare wheel support in the rear
garage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
13.7 Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
14 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
14.1 Braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
14.2 Electrical system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
14.3 Fuel cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
14.4 Gas system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
14.5 Heater/boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
14.5.1 Truma heater/boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
14.5.2 Alde heater/boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
14.6 Air conditioning unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
14.6.1 Dometic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
14.6.2 Telair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
14.7 Cooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
14.7.1 Gas cooker/gas oven . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
14.7.2 Microwave oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
14.8 Refrigerator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
14.8.1 Dometic 7 series with AES . . . . . . . . .250
14.8.2 Dometic 8 series with AES . . . . . . . . .251
14.9 Water supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
14.10 Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
15 Special equipment . . . . . . . . . . .255
15.1 Weight details for special
equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
16 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
16.1 View of ground plans . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
16.2 Table of linear measures . . . . . . . . . .264
16.3 Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
17 Helpful notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
17.1 Traffic rules in foreign countries . . . . .267
17.2 Help on Europe's roads . . . . . . . . . . .267
17.3 Speed limits and permissible
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
17.4 Driving with low beam in
European countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
17.5 Sleeping in the vehicle away from
camping areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
17.6 Gas supply in European countries . . .274
17.7 Toll regulations in
European countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274