[C320-list] Not-Holding-Tank Leak

[Arthur Miller]

I would suggest using some red food coloring in the holding tank.
Also was your aft water tank totally empty....otherwise also add a couple of gallons with
A different food coloring.
Not sure if all boats are plumbed the same.  My shore water supply connection at the boat stern joins the boat water system almost under the entrance to the head.
I had a small weep there that made it look like the holding tank was weeping.
Art.  #680

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> On May 22, 2016, at 2:33 PM, Irving Grunes <igrunes at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> go sailing and see if something happens :o)
> 
> Irv
> Formerly 815
> 
> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Amiraults Family <amiraults at sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> 
>> All:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Late last season I was finding slightly beige, slightly off-odor liquid in
>> the bilge. Discolouration on the starboard bilge wall suggested that the
>> liquid was coming from the area of the holding tank. It had been a slack
>> summer (no overnights) and so the contents of the tank were urine heavily
>> denatured with river water contributed by the race crew - sure, we do
>> poorly; but there's always a cold beer at the end. In fact, the toilet was
>> used so infrequently that its only pump out was during fall layup.  I could
>> think of no other starboard source for liquid since I have never had water
>> in the aft water tank. This was an issue to address in the spring.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> So, it's spring. Thinking it was either a hole in the tank or a
>> failed/loose
>> out-flow fitting at the tank bottom, I placed paper towel around the
>> fitting
>> and at the point where it was entering the bilge. I then added 15 gallons
>> of
>> fresh water by pumping it thru the flush. Nada. The bilge remains dry. Can
>> anyone offer insight?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards;
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Brian Amirault
>> 
>> 797 Waltzing Bear, too
>> 
>> 
>> 
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