Re: "Wet" bay? Reply #25 – March 28, 2014, 06:36:20 pm Any chance that there is a hole where the cross bar (I have that on mine) meets the tank and somehow it has rubbed thru the tank?? If it totally stops once level is passed that point Then all odds are there is a hole above that line???JohnH Quote Selected
Re: "Wet" bay? Reply #26 – March 28, 2014, 06:40:18 pm I just checked again, and there was water on the floor again, but not as much as when I checked this morning. I'll check it again after supper, and again tomorrow morning. Pat, I'm beginning to suspect the tank, too. Unfortunately, it looks like the only way to check the tank is to remove it, and I'm not sure how that would be done. I may just have to live with it until we can get down to Nac and have the experts check it. Quote Selected
Re: "Wet" bay? Reply #27 – March 28, 2014, 06:47:21 pm David, I am sure there are members who have done it and cannot be hard, just remove a few things and it will come out. An answer will pop up for sure.JohnH Quote Selected
Re: "Wet" bay? Reply #28 – March 28, 2014, 06:58:10 pm I just checked again. The tank is bone-dry around the crossbar. It seems that the small space between the tank and the bulkhead has some water, or at least that is a wetter area. I'll keep checking, and if you have any ideas I'll check them.It looks like I would have to remove the bay door frame and a small drain line in order to even have a chance to get the tank out. Anyone done this? Quote Selected
Re: "Wet" bay? Reply #29 – March 28, 2014, 07:58:59 pm Dave,If you can not identify and fix the leak, drain the tank-- you really don't want the rear bulkhead soaked from the inside! Quote Selected
Re: "Wet" bay? Reply #30 – March 28, 2014, 08:39:05 pm Brett, I agree with you. I'm pretty well convinced that the tank itself has a small leak, so I've opened the drain. Oh well, we camped for years depending on campground water, and I guess we can continue that way for a while.Next question: Once the tank is as empty as I can get it, how difficult would it be to try to raise it up a bit? It looks like I'm going to have to take out the accumulator tank (again) just to see what's what on the curb side. What about on the street side? It looks pretty open there. Is there anything that is holding the tank down, other than 800 pounds of water? I don't see anything, but that doesn't mean that there isn't something.My thought is that maybe tomorrow I could try to raise the tank up a bit and shine a light under it. The other obvious question is what to use to try to raise it up. There probably won't be more than a gallon or two of water left in the tank, and the tank itself doesn't look all that heavy, but might it be stuck to the floor somehow, either by something the factory put in or just from sitting there for 20 years? Quote Selected
Re: "Wet" bay? Reply #31 – March 29, 2014, 06:23:37 pm Last night I opened the drain and let most of a tank of water drain out. This morning the floor by the tank was still a bit wet when we got up. I wiped up the water and waited to see what would happen. I can raise the tank up a bit, and it looks pretty cruddy under it (understandable if it hasn't been taken out since it was put in 21 years ago), but no more water. There is about an inch of water visible in the tank on the street side. I can't see the bottom of the tank on the street side, but since the drain is pretty close to the bottom of the tank I'm guessing that there isn't much water on that side.I'm going to see if I can slide a couple of shims under the tank and then slide a dry towel under the tank to see if it is wet. I also can't see how the fill line enters the tank. At least, though, no water comes out through the fill point since I put in the new check valve. Quote Selected
Re: "Wet" bay? Reply #32 – March 29, 2014, 07:04:23 pm I'm hoping you have found the leak. I would be really surprised if it's the tank. With so many fittings that could be leaking, I think it's likely one of those. I was just looking at this photo of the water pump side of a 95. I see:* 3 drain ball valves;* fittings on both sides of the water fill valve as well as the valve body;* water pump fittings;* accumulator tank fittings (it's the one next to the water tank);* water tank exit point;* lots of PEX fittings. Good luck on solving this annoying problem!jor Quote Selected
Re: "Wet" bay? Reply #33 – March 29, 2014, 09:13:20 pm Quote from: J. D. Stevens – March 22, 2014, 06:52:53 pmOne of the Unicoaches at Quartzsite had a leak at the junction of the fresh water line with the fresh water tank.Look carefully at the junction of the fresh water line with the fresh water tank. The person at Quartzsite found a small split in the water tank reaching out from the fitting. You might try putting a rag or towel around the fitting to see if water is from the spot dampens the rag.Best wishes for a quick resolution. Quote Selected
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