[C320-list] Head Vent

[Ted Harrison]

Take off the plastic cover on the vent (outside) starboard side.

Blow compressed air through.

Or take tme vent hose off the holding tank and blow out.

Likely spider web in vent.

Mine does not have a screen on it .

Hull 424

Ted

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On Jul 23, 2013, at 10:00 AM, Thomas Bowman <tadbowman at optonline.net> wrote:

> Anybody have any experience unclogging the head vent, ours seems to have a problem ?
> Best,
> Snow Goose  (644)
>
> Tom Bowman
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jul 23, 2013, at 7:47 AM, Rick Sulewski <rsulewski at bex.net> wrote:
>
>> Ian,
>> You will need to prime the pump by removing the line feeding the pump that
>> goes into the filter on top of the pump. Suggest that after you refill the
>> tanks that you remove the filter first and clear out any debris before
>> spinning it on the pump and then pour some water into the filter before
>> reinstalling the feeder line.  When you ran down the tanks you may have also
>> pulled some debris from the tanks into the filter.
>>
>> It may take a couple of primes to clear out the air. Repeating the prime
>> cycle process is what we experienced the first time we ran the tanks & pump
>> dry. Now when I clean the filter before spring launch we can usually clear
>> the air after one prime. The problem is the pump may be at the same height
>> or higher than the water level in the tank and the air must go somewhere (
>> out of the galley faucet before pulling the water from the tanks, so keep
>> the galley faucet open when you restart the primed pump.
>>
>> We use one tank at a time and whenever we begin to hear the pump begin to
>> change its sound & speed before it runs completely dry we switch tanks and
>> avoid having the prime the pump. Also. Adding a couple of capfuls of bleach
>> to each tank refill does a great job of keeping the water smelling fresh. We
>> do not drink the tank water.
>>
>> Hope this explanation is helpful.
>> Rick
>> 1995 320 #277
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Ian Davis
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 6:35 AM
>> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
>> Subject: [C320-list] Fresh Water Pump
>>
>> I needed to clean out the water tanks on my 1993 C320.  So I turned on all
>> the faucets and ran them until the fresh water pump was just pumping air and
>> the tanks were almost empty.  I then turned off the pump, cleaned out the
>> tanks and refilled them to the top.  I then turned the pump on again and all
>> it does is continue to pump air.  It seems incapable of pumping the water
>> from the tanks
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>> Now I know the boat is twenty years old, but that's surely not an excuse for
>> Catalina back then to install a NON self-priming pump!!.
>>
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>> Has anyone else experiences this and/or have a solution.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ian Davis - Wind Star - #18
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