Steve,
I don't know what would be normal for your 84 Westy. But I had a water
faucet fail on my 90 Westy Syncro. After installing a new on I decided to
tear apart the old one to see how it works. I forget the exact details of
the structure, but it was built such that when you turn the faucet handle
one way and the pump was on, the inlet connected to the tubing coming from
the city water hook up was blocked such that no pressure was put on it from
the pump. And when the faucet was turned the other way the city water could
flow, but not into the water holding tank.

Personally I would never hook up my city water connection... I'm afraid the
pressure would blow one of the pipes behind the fridge... what a mess that
would be... especially if I were out on a 3 or 4 hour hike!

Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Sullivan <Steve@NORTHWESTWATCH.ORG>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, March 23, 2000 3:06 PM
Subject: Water leak from faucet

>My original westy water pump (for the sink) was replaced by the PO with a
>monster RV water pump, puts out lots of pressure. I notice when I turn off
>the faucet that water dribbles out the city water hose connection on the
>outside of my '84 Westy. Is this normal? There are no leaks inside the van
>and everything seems to work OK, but it seems odd. I don't want to tear the
>whole thing apart to see what's going on . . . I don't like all that water
>running down my van every time I use the sink.
>
>Steve
>"Calvin" the let's repair a few things 84 Westy Vanagon job that turning
>into a major rebuild. Sigh.
>