I'm with David on the City water thing. Last summer I had a sudden (slight) failure of the plumbing inside the van, resulting in a very soggy carpet upon returning from a day of fishing. I have never used it since. I don't trust that 10 year old plastic... (Now if a pressure regulator could be fitted to the hose *before* plugging into the City Water connection, that might be acceptable...) Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of David Beierl > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 3:26 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Water leak from faucet > > > At 18:04 3/23/2000, Steve Sullivan wrote: > >My original westy water pump (for the sink) was replaced by > the PO with a > >monster RV water pump, puts out lots of pressure. I notice > when I turn off > >the faucet that water dribbles out the city water hose > connection on the > >outside of my '84 Westy. Is this normal? > > I don't think it's strictly *normal* -- but I do think it's the usual > condition, and in fact I think it's desirable. The city > connection (which > I'd personally do away with) has a check ball at the outer > end, and when > the weather gets cold you're supposed to press that ball in with a > screwdriver so the trapped water doesn't freeze and burst the > fitting. The > way I see it, I'd rather not have that column of water > sitting there for > months on end, growing weeds or whatever. Better if it weeps out the > side. YMMV > > david > > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation" >
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