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Leaky fresh water tank cap
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SalishAire
- First Mate
- Posts: 111
- Joined: Sat May 29, 2021 12:33 am
- Home Port: Olympia WA
Leaky fresh water tank cap
I could find mention of other folks having problems with the big red cap on the fresh water tank of an A25 leaking but I couldn't find if anyone had come up with a solution. So far I have made an O ring for it (I believe that there wasn't one at all when we bought the boat.)
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ssrig
- First Mate
- Posts: 289
- Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:14 pm
- Home Port: ganges
Re: Leaky fresh water tank cap
Mine also leaked and it was no wonder, the upper flange on the tank looked like it had been cut with a drywall knife, I trimmed the flange flat and inserted an O ring and that fixed the leaking.
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LopezMike
- Gold Member
- Posts: 74
- Joined: Mon May 18, 2020 4:06 pm
- Home Port: Lopez Island, WA. USA San Juan Islands
- Location: Lopez Island, WA
Re: Leaky fresh water tank cap
Mine came with no O-ring and, of course, leaked.
I had a fair bit of difficulty keeping it leak free even with an O-ring until it dawned on me to lubricate both the O-ring and the threads. The best lubricant I've found by far is the wax used to seal a toilet to the floor. New stuff, mind you!!!
Completely insoluble in water and seems to stay in place forever.
Mike
I had a fair bit of difficulty keeping it leak free even with an O-ring until it dawned on me to lubricate both the O-ring and the threads. The best lubricant I've found by far is the wax used to seal a toilet to the floor. New stuff, mind you!!!
Completely insoluble in water and seems to stay in place forever.
Mike