Water intake tubes
Water intake tubes
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 03, 2021 4:30 pmby Bobb (deleted)
Good afternoon
After coming back from storage, the 2 small bore transparent tubes near the water pump/container under the sink are very black. They were renewed last year so it’s this winters ‘growth’. The water container was emptied at the end of the season.
I’ve renewed both tubes again now so all good but how best to avoid this happening again next year?
Advice appreciated
Bob
VW Tiguan 2L TDI R Line Tech 4 Motion DSG with a lovely 2006 Triton 420GT
RE: Water intake tubes
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 03, 2021 4:45 pmby Islay (deleted)
There's a solution to really clean the water system that you flush through, let it sit, then rinse it out. I can't remember the name of it, but someone here will know!
RE: Water intake tubes
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 03, 2021 6:33 pmby eribaMotters • | 5.600 Posts
I start the season by running sterilizing solution through the system. I use baby bottle tablets, others use Miltons, no reason why you could not use a weak bleach solution. If you did this at the end of the year it could have the effect you are after.
Colin
aka Oscar - Audi A3 1.5 petrol _ ex 430, 552, camplet trailer tent, 310, now a nice white 2017 430.
RE: Water intake tubes
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:27 pmby Julie Grafo • | 3.563 Posts
RE: Water intake tubes
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:07 amby eribanaut • | 1.228 Posts
spot on Julie
https://www.thecaravanshop.co.uk/water-w...b/prod_170.html
bacteria in water forms a slime to protect itself which makes it difficult to remove even with bleach, this stuff breaks down the slime and removes the lot, we use it at the end of the season and the start.
Dave
Skoda Kodiaq 2.0 150 Tdi DSG Troll 552 - 2005
Don't worry about the destination, enjoy the journey.
RE: Water intake tubes
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:23 pmby Stan Doori • | 223 Posts
RE: Water intake tubes
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:36 pmby eribaMotters • | 5.600 Posts
I thought about that a while ago. I know my tubes [oh missus, sounds painful] are plastic as is my tank. My tap bodies will be brass with chrome plating. I would hope my Truma water heater is stainless steel, so I should be OK. If not then I'll change my ways.
Colin
aka Oscar - Audi A3 1.5 petrol _ ex 430, 552, camplet trailer tent, 310, now a nice white 2017 430.
RE: Water intake tubes
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:57 pmby Bobb (deleted)
Many thanks for the advice, I’ll make sure that I start using Puriclean at the end of the season too....
Bob
VW Tiguan 2L TDI R Line Tech 4 Motion DSG with a lovely 2006 Triton 420GT
RE: Water intake tubes
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:53 pmby SOULBLUESMAN68 • | 1.206 Posts
RE: Water intake tubes
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Apr 04, 2021 10:14 pmby eribaMotters • | 5.600 Posts
You boys are so extravagant, but you've talked me into it, £7.98 and it should last me about 5 or 6 years. Werbung: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Puriclean-400...er/162983955421
Colin
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RE: Water intake tubes
in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:24 amby eribaMotters • | 5.600 Posts
Update.
At start of the season I roll a cloth up, soak in a dilute bleach solution and push it into the outside fill tube that feeds my onboard tank. This is clear and gets the same black build up in it. After 24hrs I've pulled this out but not that impressed so thought I'd take the tube out and do the job properly. After undoing the jubilee clips it became apparent this is not possible. The tube is short and stiff, the outside filler obviously fixed and so is the tank as it's glued to the floor and the waste outlet through the bottom means I'm not going to move it. I've rotated the tube 180 degrees, showing even more gunk, and now repeating the soaked rag. Next step will be to try and fit a bung in the entrance to the tank and fill the tube with bleach water.
Colin
aka Oscar - Audi A3 1.5 petrol _ ex 430, 552, camplet trailer tent, 310, now a nice white 2017 430.
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