[C320-list] Not-Holding-Tank Leak

[jbrown5093 at yahoo.com]

Also check the macerator pump body.  Mine developed a leak where the 2 halves met. Two of the 3bolts holding it together had corroded through inside where the two halves meet. 
Jim Brown. 973

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> On May 22, 2016, at 4:22 PM, Michael Rauh <raceannouncer at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Using colored water is an interesting approach.  You might try checking the shower sump, sink drain, and the water inlet to the toilet as potential weeping points.
> 
> Mike
> On Your Mark
> #408  1997
> City Island, NY
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>> On May 22, 2016, at 15:42, Arthur Miller <millers1 at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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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