RovingDomicile
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Hi All~
I have a 2012 Heartland Landmark that has a 4 point + 2 slide hydraulic level system. Our 5ver is experiencing the popping noise that addresses in other posts so I will be adding CAT fluid additive as suggested... After doing a bit of research I've been seeing in the LCI manuals that it's recommended to change the hydraulic fluid every 36 months. We purchased our trailer used and I can't find any documentation that the fluid was ever changed nor did the dealer advised if it was changed, so I can only assume that it has not.
Since I'm going to be removing and adding hydraulic fluid and the CAT additive I figured this would be a good time to go ahead and just replace all of the old fluid in the reservoir. In all of the LCI literature I see the suggestions on how to add small amounts of fluid but nothing that references how-to fully change the fluid... So I just want to make sure I do this right.
My questions is: When I change the reservoir fluid, can I simply just suck out the old fluid and replace with new fluid while all of the hydraulic stuff is retracted or are there anything additional I need to do? Like re-priming the entire system???
The whole process seems pretty straightforward but I just want to make sure I have all of my bases covered.
Thanks!
Ryan
I have a 2012 Heartland Landmark that has a 4 point + 2 slide hydraulic level system. Our 5ver is experiencing the popping noise that addresses in other posts so I will be adding CAT fluid additive as suggested... After doing a bit of research I've been seeing in the LCI manuals that it's recommended to change the hydraulic fluid every 36 months. We purchased our trailer used and I can't find any documentation that the fluid was ever changed nor did the dealer advised if it was changed, so I can only assume that it has not.
Since I'm going to be removing and adding hydraulic fluid and the CAT additive I figured this would be a good time to go ahead and just replace all of the old fluid in the reservoir. In all of the LCI literature I see the suggestions on how to add small amounts of fluid but nothing that references how-to fully change the fluid... So I just want to make sure I do this right.
My questions is: When I change the reservoir fluid, can I simply just suck out the old fluid and replace with new fluid while all of the hydraulic stuff is retracted or are there anything additional I need to do? Like re-priming the entire system???
The whole process seems pretty straightforward but I just want to make sure I have all of my bases covered.
Thanks!
Ryan