[C320-list] Water tank leak

[mcdonough5 at verizon.net]

Rollie:

Thanks. I did check those connections between the tank and the water 
pressure motor, which in our boat is on the port side under the quarter 
berth. The connections were dry at both ends.

jack

-----Original Message----- 
From: argates2nd
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 5:25 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Water tank leak

Check the plastic connectors at each end of the plastic pipe that runs from 
the tank to the on/off valve under the galley sink.  Mine broke and were 
easily replaced via defender.com

Rollie. 1995. #182

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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: 
mcdonough5 at verizon.net </div><div>Date:05/30/2014  11:05 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
</div><div>To: C320-List at Catalina320.com </div><div>Subject: [C320-list] 
Water tank leak </div><div>
</div>I’d appreciate any ideas on this problem.

With our 2011 Catalina 320 on jack stands, I filled the aft (starboard) 
water tank today. As soon as I finished, the automatic bilge pump kicked on. 
It ran for 8 or 10 seconds and shut off. Then a couple of minutes later it 
cycled again. And again. Etc. I opened the cover to the bilge and the cover 
between it and the engine compartment. Water was coming into the bilge area 
from the starboard side from the direction of the head. It was obvious by 
this time that the water level in the aft dank was dropping. I checked the 
hose leading from the tank to the fresh water pump and the aft hose leading 
to the deck fill. Both were dry. (I had filled the tank with a hose directly 
into the tank and not through the deck fill.) The forward water tank had not 
been filled when this problem occurred.

Is it likely that the fiberglass tank sprang a leak? If not, what else could 
it be? And if the tank is leaking, I assume any solution is time-consuming 
and expensive.

Jack #947