| [GMCnet] Dumping the tanks [message #224005] |
Sun, 29 September 2013 14:33  |
Jeff Marten
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Registered: August 2013
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Took her to a local RV shop to dump the black and gray tanks last week. Today I blew out the water lines with compressed air (about 40psi). As I was holding down the toilet pedal, I checked the back tank with a flashlight. Still had alot of water in it. On level ground, the gauges showed the black tank to be empty, showed the gray tank 1/4 full (potentially not reliable indicators).
I had her down by my garage, so she was sitting at a pretty good angle, front uphill. I figured I'd go ahead and open the gray tank valve (gray handle anyways, closest to the outlet), but what came out was horrid green water, appearing (more accurately smelling) to be from the black tank.
When I was dumping it last week, it seemed to dump very slowly - is that normal? Should I purge the air from the airbags before dumping to increase the component force of gravity to increase flow? It came out like a fire hose today.
My folks have had campers, motorhomes, etc since I was a few years old, so I've done a few tank dumps. Every one I've done in the past has drained more like a fire hose.
Thanks!!!!!
Jeff Marten
Colorado Springs, Co.
1978 Royale
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