Lippert Auto Levelers Leaking? - RV-Dreams Community Forum

DebbieM · RV-Dreams Family Member

Lippert Auto Levelers Leaking?

TRAILERKING · RV-Dreams Family Member

DebbieM wrote:
.......... The local RV place said it is normal for a pressured system to leak a bit, especially in very hot weather.

That's strange......................Why should it leak? It will either leak or not leak. My Power Gear levelers don't leak.

Poor RV place I would say.

lowryc50 · RV-Dreams Family Member

Debbie, we have the Lippert Auto Levels on our Bighorn and I have not seen what you are describing with ours. I will check this afternoon when I get off work and back to the campground. I was told by Heartland that you do not have to have a Heartland dealership do warranty work on your rig. You can have any dealership perform the work that is willing to do so. FYI I know you got your rig in MI so I hope that helps if you do find a need for service on the levelers. Curt

Ann and Steve · RV-Dreams Family Member

I have the Lippert 6-point levelers on our 2013 Dutchmen Infinity with no signs of leaking fluid. Find your reservoir. What is the level of the fluid?

CurveCarver · RV-Dreams Family Member

Sounds like the dealer could use a lesson. The down riggers on my unit are Equalizer Systems but same principle. They need to be heavy duty so are basically 4x4 columns dropping out of the sleeves. In five years, never leaked a drop. Extending portion of the down rigger is always dry 10 to 120*F. According to the manufacturer they should be dry and other than possibly a touch of silicone if they're going to be down for a long time are best left alone. The oil & resulting grit is not good. As already said, it either leaks or it doesn't. Call Lippert Customer Service they can help you. Good luck, safe sojourns.

Trabuco · RV-Dreams Family Member

Hydraulics should not leak, its either an o-ring or possible dirt in the system. Insist they make it right.

TRAILERKING · RV-Dreams Family Member

http://www.lci1.com/support/leveling-stabilization/hydraulic-leveling/levelup

Lots of info in here. All kinds of manuals to look at. No way they should be leaking and be "Normal".

sdman · RV-Dreams Family Member

We have had the same system as you for the past 2 years with no leaks.

Mark

TRAILERKING · RV-Dreams Family Member

http://www.lci1.com/images/support/lipsheet/0061.pdf

Glenn West · RV-Dreams Family Member

My DRV had them and they never leaked in 6 years.

DebbieM · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thanks guys! As soon as we get it off our friends property Sunday, we'll bring it to a well respected local RV shop. I'll update you early next week! Thanks TrailerKing for the great links/pics!

Bill and Linda · RV-Dreams Family Member

Hydraulics should not leak. Some manufactures (Quadra, who make the “Big Foot” system) recommend cleaning / wiping down the cylinders with pure silicone spray to clean and also to prevent pitting in the long term. Not a spray type that has other ingredients other than silicone and definitely not “WD-40”. (WD-40 will actually hold dust and dirt on the cylinders.) We’ve never had a leak or seepage with ours in the last 8 years. Yours shouldn’t leak either as has been commented.

http://www.amazon.com/Kelloggs-57500-Pure-Silicon-oz/dp/B000BXOFJI/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1405705654&sr=8-8&keywords=silicone+spray

Gary Marcondes · RV-Dreams Family Member

Hi all,

I know this is an old link but I'd like to hear any updates on the Lippert Leveling System. My system was perfect for the first year, but naturally after the warrantee ran out.....problem. Now my front levelers drop about 4 inches ever two days and have to be re-leveled. Contacting Lippert wasn't much help as they only sell parts. I explained that I do not have a leak anywhere and the level in the tank is always constant. They suggest a cylinder leak test, suspecting it is leaking back from the high side to the low side of the cylinder internally. So I'd have to bring it to a local repair / replace shop.

Any comments would be appreciated.

Gary

NWescapee · RV-Dreams Family Member

Gary - here's a more recent thread regarding Lippert Leveling system, we're not fans of Lippert. We were in and out of the same shop in Mesa AZ 3 times in March. We had a leak in the hydraulic hose, so that was replaced, O-rings replaced as well. Eventually almost everything except the actual pump was replaced and we're still having intermittent issues.

rv-dreams.activeboard.com/t61785396/level-up-system-landing-gear-drifting-down-intermittent-prob/

Our final resolution is to put the slides / levelers out in a very specific order and then the opposite when we bring them in. Lightest slide first, working our way to the heaviest, then side to side levelers, then we run the landing gear up and down 3 times before we finally retract them. When setting up, landing gear, then side to side levelers, put the lightest slide out first, heaviest out last and hope for the best.

Even after all the repairs and replacements, we've have issues, came home one day to find the landing gear totally collapsed, have still had a couple instances of landing gear drifting as we made our way from the campsite to a dump station. Thus far have been able to remedy it by running the landing gear up and down multiple times, but the point is, it's still not fixed, this last step shouldn't be necessary.

Good luck and let us know if you find any better solution.

RonC · RV-Dreams Family Member

I also have the 6 point Lippert Auto Level System. So far, so good. About a month on the road, with 20 or so set up, take downs with no leaks. I spray the legs with pure silicon and wipe them down before each retraction. Probably a little overkill, but I a pilot, and there is no such thing as "over maintained" in my book. Surely hope our system remains trouble free ... but you never know.