electric water pump not priming in my Jayco westport 2002 model,it just spits a bit out but cannot get a flow of water over the sink and in the combo.Any suggestions??????
Possum3 said
05:29 PM Sep 23, 2018
Happened in my Jayco. It turned out to be a small non return valve in water line between tank and tap, located under the van under a saddle clamp which crushed the valve, only a couple of dollars to replace.
-- Edited by Possum3 on Sunday 23rd of September 2018 05:30:32 PM
grahos said
08:07 PM Sep 23, 2018
I will check that out in the morning, Thanks for your reply.
rockylizard said
08:18 PM Sep 23, 2018
Gday...
Graeme, not sure if this is the same sort of thing, but sometimes, particularly when travelling for a while on roller-coaster QLD highways, I think the water held 'in the line' between the water tank/s and the pump seems to drain back. (I'm guessing).
When I get to my destination, I switch on the 12v pump and it makes noises as if it is really, really trying to prime itself and give me water but is not able to provide a proper (sometimes no) flow at the tap/s.
When this happens, I just turn the tap off, turn the pump off, wait 10 seconds or so, and switch it on again and open the tap. 99% of the time it 'clears its throat' and after a second or so it begins to pump through a decent flow of water.
Dunno if that'll work for you ... jest sayin'
Cheers - John
grahos said
09:38 AM Sep 24, 2018
Thx John,I will try anything until I get it working right
grahos said
09:20 PM Sep 25, 2018
Thx guys for your help,I found that the front tank was siphoning back to the back tank and overflowing the rear tank,mission accomplished by putting a oneway valve between the tanks,I could not believe that the front tank was empty due to being siphoned out to the rear tank and out on the ground thru the overflow.
Treecrest said
01:20 PM Sep 27, 2018
Hi Graeme
if the tanks are syphoning then maybe you don't have your van level when attached to the tug? Just a thought!
Glen
Tony Bev said
11:54 AM Sep 28, 2018
Thanks for the feedback, grahos (Graeme)
It may help someone in the future, who has the same problem
grahos said
07:30 PM Sep 30, 2018
Maybe I should have just put in a tap instead of a oneway valve.
electric water pump not priming in my Jayco westport 2002 model,it just spits a bit out but cannot get a flow of water over the sink and in the combo.Any suggestions??????
Happened in my Jayco. It turned out to be a small non return valve in water line between tank and tap, located under the van under a saddle clamp which crushed the valve, only a couple of dollars to replace.
-- Edited by Possum3 on Sunday 23rd of September 2018 05:30:32 PM
Gday...
Graeme, not sure if this is the same sort of thing, but sometimes, particularly when travelling for a while on roller-coaster QLD highways, I think the water held 'in the line' between the water tank/s and the pump seems to drain back. (I'm guessing).
When I get to my destination, I switch on the 12v pump and it makes noises as if it is really, really trying to prime itself and give me water but is not able to provide a proper (sometimes no) flow at the tap/s.
When this happens, I just turn the tap off, turn the pump off, wait 10 seconds or so, and switch it on again and open the tap. 99% of the time it 'clears its throat' and after a second or so it begins to pump through a decent flow of water.
Dunno if that'll work for you ... jest sayin'
Cheers - John
Hi Graeme
if the tanks are syphoning then maybe you don't have your van level when attached to the tug? Just a thought!
Glen
It may help someone in the future, who has the same problem