Walt, Do you have a Jabsco filter in the line near the shutoff? it has a plastic dome about 2 inches high and 2 inches wide with a wire screen inside. You can take the intake hose off the foot pump and blow. You should hear the bubbles in the tank. it could also be an air leak. An obstruction might be easier to remedy!
Joel On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Walt Dickie <wa...@crresearch.com> wrote: > My C&C 110 has two water tanks, one under the port settee and one in the > v-berth. A valve under the sink in the galley allows me to turn the supply > from each tank on and off, but with the exception of the 6" or 8" of tubing > exposed at the valves almost all of the rest of the plumbing for the system > is really difficult to get at. The outlets at the tanks themselves are at > the base of the tanks and are completely inaccessible with the tanks in > place. > > At the beginning of the season no water would flow from the port tank > using either the pressure system or the foot pump, which seems to be > connected directly to the tank or its outlet line. I didn't care too much > about this since we don't usually use much onboard water and the forward > tank seemed to be working fine. But since I couldn't easily drain the part > tank, I left the water in it. > > Yesterday out of idle curiosity I turned on the port tank, turned off the > forward one, and used the foot pump. Water unexpectedly gushed out. When I > turned on the pressure system it came on and ran continuously, which it > doesn't do when getting supplied from the forward tank, and although water > now comes out of the tap the flow is feeble. The flow from the foot pump > seems normal. > > It feels as though there was some kind of blockage in the supply line from > the port tank and that the blockage has somehow been reduced. I drained the > port tank today while I could, but now I'm wondering about a fix -- some > what to clear the "blockage," if that's what it is. I don't want to rip the > water tanks out to get to the supply lines, but it seems like it would be > worth some effort to clear them. I've never dealt with the boat's plumbing > system before so I'm clueless. Suggestions? > > Walt Dickie > C&C 110, Hull #97 > DuSable Harbor, Chicago > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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