Date:         Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:31:02 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Defective faucet or city water outlet?
Comments: To: Wesley Pegden <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <46957DE7.1040800@cs.uchicago.edu>
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Hmmm. I went through this and a number of other problems with a
recent, if not new, gowesty faucet. I ended up taking the faucet out
and lubing it with silicone through some small hole I found with the
knob removed from the top. Then, separately, I took the utility
connection off the side of the camper and COMPLETELY disassembled the
brass fittings until I got down to the stuck checkvalve (it's back
there, not up at the faucet) for the city water.

There is no checkvalve in the faucet.

  Everything is working properly since then.

Jim


On Jul 11, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Wesley Pegden wrote:

> I am having a problem where whenever I use my westy's sink with water
> from my tank, some water goes through the faucet and drips out the
> city
> water inlet.  It does this with a brand new faucet too.  Did I get
> unlucky and end up with a defective new faucet, or is the valve to
> prevent this in the city water inlet?
>
> Thanks!
> Wes
> '83 1.9l westy
>