Black plastic flakes in faucet aerators

Question

I have noticed my faucet aerators always get clogged up with little flakes of a black plastic or maybe rubber like substance just small enough to plug up those fine channels in that plastic device that aerates the water just prior to exiting a faucet. I keep the fresh water tank very clean and everything gets flushed out periodically. Maybe the water pump impeller? Anybody else having the same issue and maybe a solution?
My rig is a 2006 fifth wheel and I almost always use the fresh water tank and almost never a city water connection.

old-biscuit · Answer

Water pump typically have diaphragms vs impeller.

ALL faucet aerators.......kitchen, bath, shower??

Just one faucet? If just one then I would suspect the internal washers on that faucet.

ALL the faucets........very strange. By now (2006 Model) all debris inside fresh water tank should have been cleaned/flushed/pumped out.

Is the strainer on pump collecting any thing?
If not then it's pump diaphragms coming apart or the seals in a faucet.

chinrv · Answer

If you have a sink sprayer, check the diverter in the faucet body.

jetstreamer · Answer

Yes, all faucets. Water tank was recently replaced. Can't really tell if the shower is affected. The pump strainer does not collect anything and I don't have a sink sprayer. And thanks, I guess I do realize they are diaphragm and not impeller.

beemerphile1 · Answer

Jetstreamer wrote:Yes, all faucets. Water tank was recently replaced...There you go, debris in the water tank.  Fill, drain, fill, drain, fill, drain, and eventually it will go away.

rvhiker · Answer

Here's another possibility: maybe the carbon element in a water filter is coming apart.

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