[C320-list] fresh water pump

[Bill Lowe]

 I only drink bottled water on the boat so crud is not a problem.
Thanks


-----Original Message-----
From: Graeme Clark <cg at skyflyer.co.uk>
To: C320-List <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Fri, Aug 7, 2015 1:45 pm
Subject: Re: [C320-list] fresh water pump

 
 
 
The cycling is due to a gradual loss of pressure (the pump has a pressure switch  
on it) and is almost always caused by crud building up on the rubber diaphragm  
inside the pump. 
 
Although access is a bit of a pain, once you get the pump and mtror out you can  
quite easily disassemble it and clean up the diaphragms. I should warn you that  
what you find will probably put you off consuming any water from the faucet that  
hasnt been thoroughly boiled. 
 
Graeme 
Jaskar 
#366 -  1996 
On 7 Aug 2015, at 19:30, Dean Vermeire <dean at vermeire.us> wrote: 
 
> Hi Bill, 
>  
> I don't know if the plumbing layout on your Mk II is the same as on our 320  
"Classic", so I am not sure where to tell you to look. Mostly at the fittings, I  
suppose. 
>  
> Have you tried laying newspaper or something under the fittings and tubing to  
see where the leak is? 
>  
> Dean 
>  
> On 8/7/2015 10:27 AM, Bill Lowe wrote: 
>>  My fresh water pump cycles on for a split second every few minutes. None of  
the faucets (head, galley, cockpit) seem to be leaking. ?It is more of an  
annoyance that a problem but I like suggestions on where to look to fix it. 
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