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Topic: sink water pressure

Posted By: ronnieb
Subject: sink water pressure
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2020 at 3:16pm

The water pressure at the sink on my 2014 179 is a trickle. I, of course, removed and cleaned the aerator...still a trickle. I removed the faucet head and the pressure was the same coming out of the hose. I found the water pump under the bed and checked the screw on filter...it was clear. The red and blue water lines are crimped at the fittings so I can't remove them to flush them out.

This has me totally perplexed since the pressure at the wash basin in the bathroom is plentiful.

Am I missing something??

RonnieB

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Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2020 at 3:52pm

Humm. If you've eliminated the faucet itself and all the other lines flow properly then I guess it must be something blocking that particular water line, although you'd think that would be highly unlikely. Maybe try city water pressure on that line and see if that clears any obstructions out. Or use air pressure (not too high, maybe 40-50 psi) and see if you can blow it out. You could try blowing it out backwards from the faucet end as well.

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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold

Posted By: ronnieb
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2020 at 4:49pm

Yep, I tried city water pressure to no avail. Regarding trying to blow out any obstruction with air pressure, the only place to apply air pressure is the sink hose, but it would then force air back into the water pump and that make me nervous. There's no where to disconnect the water line because it's crimped at the fittings.

What ever happened to hose clamps??

Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2020 at 5:12pm

Those are Pex water lines, you can't use hose clamps on them, any more than you can on copper pipe. Pex is the future of plumbing, soon everything else will be history.. OTOH, you can just cut one line and then spice it with a push on or crimp pex fitting. Very easy, takes only seconds to do. parts readily available at you local big box.

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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold

Posted By: Kup-Pod
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 7:53am

So I had the same problem with my hot water line on the kitchen tab... turns out there was some plastic wrapper garbage in the tank from original build that got into the line and The plastic got into the tap. Remove your valves and make sure they’re not plugged

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2017 RP-178
2021 F150 5.0l
"Lead me on a level path"

Posted By: Badweissenbier
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 12:27pm

is it both hot and cold or just one or the other. if it's both then the problem is more than likely in the faucet itself

Posted By: ronnieb
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 4:41pm

Thank you all for replying.

Yes it is both the hot and cold with poor water pressure. Today I used my air compressor up into the cut pex on the cold side and into the faucet hose with the faucet head off. Air came out both ways. I reassembled the faucet head and tried again. The pressure was a bit better but not much. My hunch is that the aerator and the white plastic gizmo inside the faucet head is what's restricting the pressure.

I guess it is what it is.

Posted By: SC for Huskers
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 5:34pm

Ronnieb, On my Pod, when on city water connection or the pump, the pressure at the kitchen sink, shower, toilet, is about 1/2 of what is in the house . I'm a bit confused when you say "trickle". Would that be a Dentist drool dribble, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4/ stream? You may have what may be standard low pressure.

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Happy Traveling,
Tom
2017 172pod
2011 F150 STX

Posted By: ronnieb
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 6:03pm

The pressure at the kitchen sink is about 1/8 of what it is in the bathroom wash basin.

Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 6:24pm

A plugged aerator is a very common problem. Crud from the tank and lines can easily clog it. Definitely try that as your next step.

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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold

Posted By: Badweissenbier
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 6:50pm

Yea my 190 has the same pressure on both sinks, the shower indoor and out and the extra outside cold water sprayer.
It really sounds like your aerator or the faucet valve itself.

Posted By: ronnieb
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 7:24pm

I've checked the aerator several times...seems fine. When you say faucet valve, do you mean part of the cold water handle? To get to the underside of the entire faucet involves taking the sink out. Ugh.

Posted By: Badweissenbier
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2020 at 6:11am

Ok I had to go look at a video, I did not realize you had 2 separate valves as up to now all the pods I’ve seen had 1 common valve for both hot and cold. I wonder if your hoses are getting pinched somewhere. I find it hard to believe both hot and cold valves would have problems. Is your water heater and pump in the front under the bed? Do the lines run near the slide out? Just thoughts

Posted By: JR
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2020 at 8:31am

Just a thought you might want to remove the aerator from the of the faucet and see if with the aerator removed is your water flow what it should be? If it is then you know what the culprit is and if the flow is still just a dribble then look at replacing the faucet.

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Jay

179/2019

Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2020 at 9:58pm

You may just need to disconnect the faucet and backflush it to clear the valve. You may need to put a container under the line and flush out any trash that is in there.

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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,...

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