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Our 1991 Pace Arrow’s gray water tank has an attachment for a hose (perhaps for cleaning?) that has started leaking. We had a friend check it and they took it out of the tank and simply screwed it back in. Now there is a pretty steady drip that ends up on the ground under the RV, on the opposite side. I am not certain what is happening to the water on its way to the ground… which concerns me. I want to prevent/minimize damage to the RV, so I hope to figure out a solution soon. Have any of you guys had a similar issue? Thanks in advance!
Does the attachment have a cap that screws on when a hose extension isn’t in place? Is that when it’s leaking, or leaking with the hose attached?
If it has a cap to close it off and it’s leaking then, look inside the cap. There might be a rubber washer in there. You can try to replace the rubber washer. Perhaps even, there’s room for a washer and it’s not there. You could then take the cap to a hardware store and ask for a rubber washer or o-ring to go in it.
You can also get some plumbers tape, which is a non-sticky thin Teflon tape (again at any hardware store). Wrap it a few times around the male part of the fitting and then screw the cap or hose back on. It’s always better to use as little tape as possible because it can crack certain materials like plastic over time, or maybe never. Wrap it flatly around the fitting while pulling to get some stretch. It should stick to itself. Also make sure to wrap in the direction that you’d tighten, so that when you’re tightening the fitting, you’re not screwing the tape off backward.
Let me know how it goes 🙂
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