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Subject:Re: plumbing, tank side, submersible pump
From:Keith Ovregaard
Date:Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:00:18 -0800

Louize

First off, take a look inside the tank to make sure water is in there
and to see if anything is plugging the pump inlet. Look for kinks in
the hose from the pump to the faucet.  Also check the connections.
There may be a break in the line or a connector loose causing water to
leak when pump is on. You may have to pull out the faucet. Be careful
not to break off the fragile hose barbs on the bottom of the faucet.
IIRC, there is not much you can do to fix it. If broken, I would
replace with a Eurovan faucet.

Good luck

Keith O

On Feb 6, 2007, at 6:53 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 6 Feb 2007 05:23:55 +0000
> From:    "\"Louize Christensen" <louizec@MYCINGULAR.BLACKBERRY.NET>
> Subject: Re: plumbing, tank side, submersible pump
>
> Can you volks recommend the best way to troubleshoot this plumbing
> problem?:
>
> When I turn on the tank side of the OEM faucet, I can hear the pump
> whirring, and even though the tank is full with water (visual chk and
> LED panel green), it will take a few minutes and then only a small
> amount of water comes out. My thought is that I need a snake to check
> the water lines; but I also noticed that water is running out from the
> bottom of the side panel where the inlets are.
>
> Not sure where to start looking.
>
> Thanks!
> Louize
> 91 westy (197K)
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