Are you referring to the port belly tank?Thanks for the hint, will check.
Anyone had pb with water tank leak?
Thanks
Hi Scott,I had a similar problem on my 37.5 with water in the transom compartment/lockers after a sail. It took me a while to find the culprit. It turned out to be the LP locker vent hose overboard fitting. The plastic barb the vent hose was clamped to had split. I replaced with a bronze one and problem solved. I then went through the rest of the boat and found most the through hull valves had plastic hose barbs. I replaced everyone of them with bronze ones. The LP Vent line was only submerged when I was on a starboard tack, vent line overboard is located low in port transom locker, and the flow of water was enough to seep through the cracked fitting and fill the transom lockers. I chased this issue for 4 years before I found it. Transom lockers have been bone dry ever since.
Are you sure it's the gasket? I pulled and rebedded all the screws and the inspection port after using a dry-erase maker to circle everything in order to determine where the leaks were originating. Wasn't from the gasket.Hi all, yet another question, did anyone had to change gasket on freshwater belly tanks? I found same leaks after filling water tanks around the top of stb tank (didn’t get yet chance to look at at the port side tank) , it looks like gasket is tired.
Here is picture before cleaning.
If you are on either an extended or living aboard, a spare macerator pump would be a prudent investment. Isolate the pump with valve ( quarter turn or gate ). Use union joints. Aluminum foil baking pans can easily be cut down to fit under the valve and pump. You are most assuredly going to get some black water when you break the joint open ( a half cup or so). Catch it. sop up with t-paper and drop it in the head.Don, I see you point now and the failure of the mascaerator would cause a problem. I guess if I were in that situation I'd probably install the Y valve as an additional option but still keep the mascerator/pump capability so I discharge to the tank when in pristine clar waters nearby other boaters or swimers (not to mention me going in the water). That would seem to be the best of both worlds. Discharge directly overboard when its appropriate, discharge to the tank and pump overboard later when its not appropriate to discharge where you are.
I guess the key is to don't let your tank get full and carry a spare mascerator pump. Pump out small amounts as you use the head and then the tank only becomes a buffer to keep from discharging next to a swimmer OR your wife who just jumed in to cool off.
Frank,Further to the port side water tank leak, it does look that my sealing job did fix the problem. I put 5 galon into the tank waited 5 days and got to use most of it. I still wonder if anyone had to get to the feed line fitting from both sides.
Regards
Frank