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Vacu Flush thought
- tonyiiiafl
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Vacu Flush thought
- Midnightsun
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2007 41CMY
Volvo D6-370's - Location: Montreal, Canada
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Re: Vacu Flush thought
As for Vacuflush, by far the best system out there IMHO, have had manual, electric, add on electric in the past, no comparison.
Pretty sure Viper has heard them all and can give you a good comparison on the difference in noise between the original and silent type.
- tonyiiiafl
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Re: Vacu Flush thought
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Re: Vacu Flush thought
- 813rob
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Re: Vacu Flush thought
- Midnightsun
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Re: Vacu Flush thought
The vacuflush is actually engineered quite well. When you flush the ball moves to open up the passage for the flush to travel. The initial opening right after the ball is about 1" in diameter. Smart because if it goes through this small opening there is no way you can clog the 1 1/2" lines used everywhere else. This 1" opening is where it clogs all the time. So how do you unclog? Easy, My toilet brush has a stainless steel handle which I simply push the clog with, yep, as easy as that. The pump has already developed suction however due to the clog it thinks the ball is closed and will not start. That being said, when you push the clog through it sucks everything as there is already a vacuum behind the clog and now the pump starts up as the vacuum has been used. Best if you turn off the water though as when you activate push the pedal to access the opening water will be coming in with nowhere to go except overflow the head until the clog is corrected.
Only once was I not able to push the blockage through. Do not know what this guy ate or what clogged the opening but I resorted to using a coat hanger wire, inserted it and spun it by hand, whoosh it went after several minutes if twisting and poking around.
Since that event, I went out and purchased one of these which I now have on board in case this happens again. Basically does the same as what I did with the coat hanger except in a much more efficient way and convenient package. Nothing fancy, simply loosen the wing nut, pull out a foot or so of wire, lock the wing nut and twist the black body. If you look at the ti closely you see it is sort of made like an auger. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B072F4W75C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
First I will simply use the toilet brush handle and only resort to the snake if that does not work.
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