leaking city water connection

[Mote]

when DE-winterizing the Lance yesterday I noticed that my city water connection is leaking. The pump was cycling on/off every 15 seconds so it's leaking pretty good.
I tried to see if I could pull it down enough to remove it from the outside but I can't. Do I have to pull the stove/oven out to get to it? That's the only way I see I can access it.
Or is there a way to rebuild it without removing it? For now I've just got a plug in it so it won't leak. We don't use the city water connection so I'll be okay until I can fix it.

[joeshmoe]

ticki2 wrote:


If you don't use the city water connection just leave the plug in , problem solved . Not ever or seldom using it might also be the problem . Try running a good amount of water through it to flush it out . Open the WH drain and let it run through a while .

Good advice. Had exactly the same problem from not using it enough. I hook the hose to it every couple mos now. Outside shower hose attachment has habit of sticking shut too if not used.

[ticki2]

Mote wrote:
For now I've just got a plug in it so it won't leak. We don't use the city water connection so I'll be okay until I can fix it.

If you don't use the city water connection just leave the plug in , problem solved . Not ever or seldom using it might also be the problem . Try running a good amount of water through it to flush it out . Open the WH drain and let it run through a while .

[Ramp_Digger]

Not sure if mine is the same type,but sometimes a little bit of trash or sand would lodge in the valve seat and allow water to seep by.Just relieve the pressure and reach through the outside coupling with a Q-tip and clean the valve seat.

[joeshmoe]

jimh425 wrote:
Your water pump is on even though you have a city water connection? Are you talking about the RV water pump?

"We don't use the city water connection so I'll be okay until I can fix it."

I'm guessing the check ball is bad or stuck partially open allowing water to pass through when he pressurizes the system with the pump.

[jimh406]

Your water pump is on even though you have a city water connection? Are you talking about the RV water pump?

[WNYBob]

I asume (and you know what that means) that the leak is on the outside at the city connection, if so it may be the check valve.

I replaced mine from the outside, hopefully you have enough slack to get at the connections.

Good luck.

[brirene]

Easiest way is to replace the whole thing, but if you can't get to it, that makes it tough. I've heard of people having success reseating the o ring, but that's not easy either. I never had any luck with it. On any trailer I've had it's just 3 screws to remove. I would assume it's the same on yours, but I've never had a tc.

[harley4275]

Possible that you forgot to push the little white button on it when winterizing it last year and some water was left in it. The o ring may be just out of place. Try hookin up to city water and pressuring it that way (no pump on).Unhook it and re hook it a few times. May re set it. If not ,there is a way of fiddling with it to put ring back in ,forget how, so you can google it. If all else fales ,the plug idea will work.