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Mote's avatar
Mote
Explorer
Mar 29, 2016

leaking city water connection

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.
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  • joeshmoe's avatar
    joeshmoe
    Explorer
    Apr 01, 2016
    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's avatar
    ticki2
    Explorer
    Apr 01, 2016
    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's avatar
    Ramp_Digger
    Explorer
    Apr 01, 2016
    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's avatar
    joeshmoe
    Explorer
    Mar 30, 2016
    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's avatar
    jimh406
    Explorer III
    Mar 29, 2016
    Your water pump is on even though you have a city water connection? Are you talking about the RV water pump?
  • WNYBob's avatar
    WNYBob
    Explorer
    Mar 29, 2016
    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's avatar
    brirene
    Explorer
    Mar 29, 2016
    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's avatar
    harley4275
    Explorer
    Mar 29, 2016
    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.

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