Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:38:16 +0000
Reply-To: Jared Planter <jaredplanter@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jared Planter <jaredplanter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Filling the water tank
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Thank you for all of the helpful responses. We're going to replace the
kinked vent hose with an elbow and change the way we fill. We'll either
turn off the hose shortly after the light hits green or just open the tank
from the top and watch as it fills.
On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 18:17 Kenneth B. Wilford <kenwilfy@gmail.com> wrote:
> I like to fill the tank from the inside through the too if the tank. Why
> not try this and see if you have a leak?
>
> Ken
>
> On June 15, 2017, at 9:11 PM, Jared Planter <jaredplanter@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I had a new tank hose installed and it was leaking at the connection to the
> tank. I used some silicon and it hasn't leaked since, I'm pretty confident
> it's not the source of this leak. I've checked everywhere and it really
> seems like the only place it could be leaking is from the top of the tank,
> the white wire that feeds into a grommet has some calcium build up around
> it. The leak only happens when we overfill the tank, we kept expecting the
> weep hole to drip and then we would shut the water off but it never does.
> If water could get through the weep hose, we should see it.
>
> The one thing I haven't done is observe all the connections to the tank
> while it is being filled (or overfilled).
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 17:56 <ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Be sure to check the large hose connection to the tank. If you have a
> > ribbed hose, it is not uncommon for an incorrect connection to cause a
> leak
> > there.
> >
> > Dave B.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jared Planter <jaredplanter@GMAIL.COM>
> > To: vanagon <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Thu, Jun 15, 2017 5:26 pm
> > Subject: Filling the water tank
> >
> > Hey guys
> >
> > I had a shop add the new utility boxes from GoWesty and replace the
> > plumbing on our tank. Everything works great except when we fill the
> tank,
> > water leaks out of the drain channel on either side of the van (depending
> > which way the van is leaning). The channel runs under the flooring at the
> > base of the rear bench. We were told that was normal but we noticed on
> the
> > inside of the fill port lid it says to shut off the water at the first
> sign
> > of water at the weep hole on the fill port. Water never comes out of that
> > weep hole, it only ever drains out of one side or the other if the van.
> Now
> > that we're in a damp climate the water isn't drying and we're starting to
> > smell mildew. We're trying a dehumidifier to dry things up but we want
> this
> > to work properly in the future. Any thoughts? She's an 87 westy.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jared
> >
>
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