Waste Water Gauge 2021 T6.1 Ocean

[VW1Camp]

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I have a 2021 T6.1 Ocean with I presume a dodgy waste water gauge… No matter empty or full the level on the gauge doesn’t change.

Presumably the gauge should display the water level?



The waste always shows the level in the image.

Its been into Brian Currie in Milton Keynes, they are unsure if this is correct and are checking with VWCV, unfortunately they don’t have one to compare.

Thanks
David

 

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I have a 2021 T6.1 Ocean with I presume a dodgy waste water gauge… No matter empty or full the level on the gauge doesn’t change.

Presumably the gauge should display the water level?

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The waste always shows the level in the image.

Its been into Brian Currie in Milton Keynes, they are unsure if this is correct and are checking with VWCV, unfortunately they don’t have one to compare.

Thanks
David

Ours has always been the same, fairly useless.

 

[ArunAlec]

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I have a 2021 T6.1 Ocean with I presume a dodgy waste water gauge… No matter empty or full the level on the gauge doesn’t change.

Presumably the gauge should display the water level?

View attachment 92117

The waste always shows the level in the image.

Its been into Brian Currie in Milton Keynes, they are unsure if this is correct and are checking with VWCV, unfortunately they don’t have one to compare.

Thanks
David

If they are using the same sender as in the T5, then it only indicates when the waste water tank is full, no indication of level.

 

[The Tall Luthier]

Ours is a late 2020. Exactly the same.
I figure the sink will stop draining when it’s full

 

[Hawthorn37]

Ours is the same. We did fill it (deliberately) in order to sanitise the tank. One second ‘empty’ next second ‘warning - waste tank full’ and the icon showed full as well. 2 hired vans previously were the same. The fresh water tank is not much better.

 

[andyinluton]

Ours is a late 2020. Exactly the same.
I figure the sink will stop draining when it’s full

It won't as there is an overflow.

 

[Stu@rt]

Does take a while to "catch up". Once full, the display does change to an image depicting a full tank and you get a "pop-up" msg telling you to empty it. The msg requires a touch of the "OK" to make it disappear.

 

[The Tall Luthier]

It won't as there is an overflow.

Ooooh, I did not know that. Thanks

 

[VW1Camp]

Does take a while to "catch up". Once full, the display does change to an image depicting a full tank and you get a "pop-up" msg telling you to empty it. The msg requires a touch of the "OK" to make it disappear.

Thanks, I emptied a full tank of water into the waste and no change to the level indicator and no warning. I’ll try a full tank plus if there is an overflow and report back.

Thanks everyone for your comments

 

[California_Ocean]

Was watching a YouTube video and saw this ...



... they have a properly empty waste tank display .... no yellow.

 

[ThisIsChristoph]

Ours is frustratingly the same: always shows the same, even after a good emptying!
Which we’ve been doing a lot this last month on our tour de Bretagne - some nasty smells coming out of there, we forgot that the plug also has the use of protecting us from the evil brewing in the waste water tank.

How do you clean your waste water tank? I tried filling with clean water and then draining but that’s not made it much better. Katadyn, like the fresh water tank? Surely not bleach?


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[andyinluton]

How do you clean your waste water tank? I tried filling with clean water and then draining but that’s not made it much better. Katadyn, like the fresh water tank? Surely not bleach?

We crush up a dishwasher tablet or chuck some washing powder down the plughole, whichever is to hand.

 

[Shuftie]

Our shows the same, MY22 Coast. Apparently that’s “how they are”…

 

[Hawthorn37]

Ours is frustratingly the same: always shows the same, even after a good emptying!
Which we’ve been doing a lot this last month on our tour de Bretagne - some nasty smells coming out of there, we forgot that the plug also has the use of protecting us from the evil brewing in the waste water tank.

How do you clean your waste water tank? I tried filling with clean water and then draining but that’s not made it much better. Katadyn, like the fresh water tank? Surely not bleach?


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I fill the waste tank with fresh water with sterilant in it, via the tap. The full routine is in the following post …

Fresh water tank vent

Hi all, just getting to grips with the new Ocean and todays task was sterilise the water system and flush it out, so I dropped in a couple of sterilising tabs, filled up the tank, waited 20 mins and then flicked on the tap and started to run it through. All was working fine until I heard a...

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So far it’s kept the waste tank smelling sweet

We also collect the waste water from cleaning the tanks in a wash bowl, so we can use on the garden, to save wasting it. Drought round here at the moment.

 

[Mehdime]

Same here on brand new Ocean. Fresh water tank displays the current water level. Waste water tank only ever displays a thin yellow line at the bottom.

I’m bringing the van back to the dealership later this week to get the broken pop-up roof and a broken blind repaired (we haven’t exactly been lucky with our Cali so far) and I mentioned the waste water tank thing as being a fault to look at as well. It looks like from messages here that it’s in fact « by design ». I’ll see what VW says.

 

[Stu@rt]

Our shows the same, MY22 Coast. Apparently that’s “how they are”…

I agree. It's just a binary indicator, not a gradual one in stages like the fresh tank. It either shows empty or full. Try to push it further when it shows full and you'll get a pop up msg telling you to empty it. The msg will require an "ok" to acknowledge it.

 

[California_Ocean]

Well I decided to get to the bottom of it and took the inspection hatch off my waste water tank.

The level sensor is a stubby little float on a short rod inserted through the top of the tank. The float won't even start to move until the tank is almost full.

... so it's pretty much a binary sensor.