Montenido
Senior Member
- Joined
- Dec 3, 2014
- Messages
- 386
- Location
- Mexico
- Vessel Name
- Ansedonia
- Vessel Make
- Californian/Carver 52CPMY
Hi all,
I just returned from an 1100 mile trip from La Paz, MX to Channel Islands, CA. Somewhere on the trip I started having a fresh water leak, with the pump cycling every 5 minutes or so. It got bad enough that if I left the water system pressurized all the water would drain from my tank.
Now that I am safely tied up in my marina I am trying to trace the leak. I have old polybutylene water tubing throughout my boat that is slowly failing. I fix it as needed with Pex and compression fittings. I found a pretty good leak at the cold water inlet of my water heater which I will fix this weekend. However, I also could hear water cascading into my forward bilge from somewhere around my water heater. I can't visually find the source of the second leak, but it is substantial. Is there some way that I can pressure test my water heater? It might need replacing, but I would hate to replace it and still have the big water leak.
Any and all suggestions are welcome. Thank you all in advance, as I know there are some smart folks in this group. BTW, I have a 1991 Californian CPMY 52.
Cheers, Bill
I just returned from an 1100 mile trip from La Paz, MX to Channel Islands, CA. Somewhere on the trip I started having a fresh water leak, with the pump cycling every 5 minutes or so. It got bad enough that if I left the water system pressurized all the water would drain from my tank.
Now that I am safely tied up in my marina I am trying to trace the leak. I have old polybutylene water tubing throughout my boat that is slowly failing. I fix it as needed with Pex and compression fittings. I found a pretty good leak at the cold water inlet of my water heater which I will fix this weekend. However, I also could hear water cascading into my forward bilge from somewhere around my water heater. I can't visually find the source of the second leak, but it is substantial. Is there some way that I can pressure test my water heater? It might need replacing, but I would hate to replace it and still have the big water leak.
Any and all suggestions are welcome. Thank you all in advance, as I know there are some smart folks in this group. BTW, I have a 1991 Californian CPMY 52.
Cheers, Bill