It's been a long time since I've had the components apart, but I'd say the problem is in the check valve behind the city water hookup and not with your faucet. Take the time to pull the multi-part brass apparatus and take it apart and clean it thoroughly. You probably won't need to buy anything. Maybe the spring has broken, but it's probably just crud. Jim On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Steve Williams<sbw@sbw.org> wrote: > After much procrastination, I finally cleaned out my '84 Westy's water tank. > > I've filled it with water and less than a quarter cup amount of > bleach. I'd like to run the pump for awhile to clean out the hoses. > > When I turn on the faucet, the water pump starts up and water > flows. But I notice that a small dribble of water comes out of the > city water hook-up as long as the pump is running. > > That suggests to me that the faucet needs some attention: The city > water valve in the faucet must not be closed completely, so the water > from the tank is cross-feeding to the hook-up. > > Does that make sense? Is that a common failure? Shall I just > replace the faucet? Other advice? > > GoWesty's out of stock: > > http://gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=2429 > > Looks like Bus Depot has 'em: > > http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=255070808 > |
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