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Air in the water lines, still - erniecarpet@... - 04-18-2005 08:45 Jim and Pen- when the previous owner had my coach remodeled, the individual that installed the drain switch inadvertantly installed it upside down. So when you think it is off, its actually-ON. Reverse the switch and see if that makes a difference the next time you go out. It put 125 pounds of air-- and thats a lot into my lines.Ernie 83PT40 in Texas [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Air in the water lines, still - jimocon - 04-18-2005 08:52 Thanks Jeff & Sid for your help. Today we took the pressure off the water hose by turning on the kitchen sink. Voila! Disconnected the hose from the coach and didn't get a bath. Problem half solved. We have air in the water lines again. We turned on the kitchen faucet, bath sink, shower and flushed the toilet for 2-1/2 minutes. It spit & belched & banged and made an awful racket. We have mostly water now, but still enough burps to wreak havoc with the drinking water filter. The fill switch is off. The fresh water dump valve is closed. The fresh water tank is half full. Why do we get all this air in the lines when we move from one campground (Wichita Falls) to another (Oklahoma City)? Bring on all your ideas Pen & Jim '83 PT 35 Going to AAA ball game tonite. Air in the water lines, still - Chet Geist - 04-18-2005 09:01 You have an air flush valve for winterizing your water system. Is it possible this valve is open or leaking air into the system? Could be a big problem if water is also getting into your air system. Just a thought. Chet Geist 1981 FC33, Austin, Texas -----Original Message----- From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of jimocon Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 3:52 PM To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Air in the water lines, still Thanks Jeff & Sid for your help. Today we took the pressure off the water hose by turning on the kitchen sink. Voila! Disconnected the hose from the coach and didn't get a bath. Problem half solved. We have air in the water lines again. We turned on the kitchen faucet, bath sink, shower and flushed the toilet for 2-1/2 minutes. It spit & belched & banged and made an awful racket. We have mostly water now, but still enough burps to wreak havoc with the drinking water filter. The fill switch is off. The fresh water dump valve is closed. The fresh water tank is half full. Why do we get all this air in the lines when we move from one campground (Wichita Falls) to another (Oklahoma City)? Bring on all your ideas Pen & Jim '83 PT 35 Going to AAA ball game tonite. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WanderlodgeForum/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: WanderlodgeForum-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Air in the water lines, still - jimocon - 04-18-2005 15:42 Thanks, Ernie, Chet and Dick & Carolyn, for your ideas about our problem. We do fill the hose with water before connecting to the coach (that worked for us for a long time). Chet, since we live full time in our coach we have not had occasion to drain/winterize. The valves marked water tank drain and water heater drain are both in the off position, but since you suggested it, I turned them to `on' then to `off'. The water tank drain seemed to click into the off position. Perhaps it was leaking or not fully closed. The water runs better now. We'll watch it when we move again in a few days. Ernie, I sincerely hope the previous owner hasn't installed anything backwards (but we've found a couple things in sideways). Thank you all for your help. Pen & Jim `83 PT 35 Oklahoma City, home team won the game. --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Chet Geist" wrote: > > You have an air flush valve for winterizing your water system. Is it > possible this valve is open or leaking air into the system? Could be a big > problem if water is also getting into your air system. Just a thought. > > Chet Geist > 1981 FC33, Austin, Texas |