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Topic: Water pump

Posted By: mjlrpod
Subject: Water pump
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2019 at 10:18am

I took the camper out for our first break in run after winter. I was parked in the R.V. lot at a casino for the weekend. The water pump has an issue. It was working fine last fall. I noticed when I turn the pump on, it never cycles off. I think i've seen complaints about this before, and it is caused by a stuck shut off valve. I tried the on/off, on/off method a bunch of times, but it still keep trying to pressurize. I haven't dewinterized it yet, maybe the thick pink stuff is the culprit? Anyway, once I dewinterize i'll try swapping out the check valve if thats what you think as well.

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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding

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Posted By: Lear111
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2019 at 10:29am

Why are you turning on the water pump if it is still winterized. Probably not a check valve. An open faucet like outside shower and it is pumping the fluid out or a leak somewhere. Really need to dewinterize and try it again.

Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:34am

Originally posted by Lear111

Why are you turning on the water pump if it is still winterized. Probably not a check valve. An open faucet like outside shower and it is pumping the fluid out or a leak somewhere. Really need to dewinterize and try it again.

We were using the bathroom, so i used the pump to flush. We didn't use it much since we were inside the casino most of the day. I will dewinterize soon. There are no leaks either, I of course looked for the obvious stuff

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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding

Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2019 at 5:47pm

If you haven't dewinterized that probably means you have no water in the fresh water tank. It should mean that. With no water in the tank, the pump will never be able to get the system up to it's cutoff pressure so it will run until you flip the switch to turn it off.

Get the antifreeze out, put water in the tank, try again.

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2010 176
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Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2019 at 8:47am

TT, I had added some water to the fresh tank right before we left, not much, just enough to be able to use the toilet on a limited basis. Maybe the slightly unlevel surface we were on might have played a role. With the minimal water it might have pooled up the water in the lower corner? I tried it again yesterday and it worked fine. There were 2 differences yesterday, my driveway is pretty level, and it was much warmer. It was getting down to the mid to high 30's at night when we were out.

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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding

Posted By: john in idaho
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2019 at 9:51am

In the future you might be happier using an air compressor to blow out the lines for the winter. In my old tent trailer it took a whole camping season to get the taste of the antifreeze out of the water lines.

Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2019 at 6:33pm

I actually do blow out the lines, but, I also use the anti-freeze "insurance" policy. Although I go thru the entire sanitize, fill, empty, fill again, empty again, 3 or 4 times, I never drink the water in the pod. We use bottled water for any drinking. Not that it means the water is any better, but I feel better.

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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding