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Leak in Presssurized fresh water System
- nashvillekat
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On a lighter note , your forum name reminds me of an old Lovin Spoonful/ John Sebastian tune........
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- Daveb500Uk
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- nashvillekat
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Stuck my head into front of engine compartment and heard a slight hissing sound coming from rear of engine compartment.
Leak from T fitting by bulkhead between salon and rear bedroom.
Now plan to fix with a 1/2 inch shark bite fitting.
Any comments pro or con appreciated.
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John Guest fittings work better than Shark Bites on plastic pipe.
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Re: Leak in Presssurized fresh water System
tomschauer wrote:Source of the post If you have the older Grey Pex Pipe, make sure you get the proper fittings. They are not the same diameter as the newer pipe and a 1/2" shark bite will leak.
John Guest fittings work better than Shark Bites on plastic pipe.
Not sure it is the older stuff. I am pretty sure the standard is 15mm and not 1/2” when it comes to boats. Even my relatively newer 2007 Carver has 15mm which buy the way is the same as the older grey stuff. Hopefully Viper will chime in as I am sure he has seen most of what’s out there. Bottom line is you do need to put a caliper on the lines or there may be markings showing what size you have not to mention what kind of Frankenstein stuff previous owners have done to their boats. To confuse things even more, the newer red and blue lines are available in 1/2” and 15mm so color does not determine size used.
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nashvillekat wrote:Source of the post After many years have found my fresh water leak into the front bilge compartment (under kitchen).
Stuck my head into front of engine compartment and heard a slight hissing sound coming from rear of engine compartment.
Leak from T fitting by bulkhead between salon and rear bedroom.
Now plan to fix with a 1/2 inch shark bite fitting.
Any comments pro or con appreciated.
I had an 83 version of that boat, and had a leak in the same spot. Those two "T" fittings are in a tight spot!! That was with the older grey lines and was the third or fourth year in a row that I had to find or fix a leak, so I ripped out the old grey stuff and replaced it all with PEX and all the years after I felt GREAT knowing I had new lines all over. It's not really that big of a job to do!!
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Also thanks for the circle back so people can learn from your experience. Always good to hear about solutions. I’m chasing a two year water leak and may have found it during winterizing. Excited to see if I really found it in the spring.
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