In a message dated 06/02/2007 10:00:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

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.

LouiZe, the leak and  resulting low pressure is due to the line from the
faucet to the city water port  leaking at the connection to the port.  If you
remove the four screws that  hold the city water port to the side of the van you
will see the problem.   Usually what happens is the plastic housing where the
brass fitting at the end  of the hose from the faucet ends has cracked the
plastic where is screws in to  the port housing.  The repair is to replace the
city water outlet, try to  seal the crack and put a hose clamp around the cracked
area, remove the hose and  brass fitting and put a threaded plug into the end
of the brass fitting or some  other method you may come up with.  That city
water feed hose is always  pressurized when you turn on the pump to get water
from the holding tank.   It does not come out of the city water port as there
is a check valve in the  city water port.  But when the brass fitting cracks
the plastic housing it  leaks as this is before the check valve.  Now, all that
said, this is one  of the many reasons that side of the van rusts from the
inside out as that water  that is running in there has no natural way out so will
stay in there on the  floor channel behind the cabinets and start the rusting
that we so often see on  the camper side of the Westys.  So you need to get
in there to clean up the  mess.  The easiest way to do that is to remove the
fridge.  See my _VW Vanagon Westfalia Dometic  Fridge Maintenace_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/fridge.htm)  webpage for more details on this operation.  Hope
 this helps and your not too, too depressed about the good news !

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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