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04-01-2017, 05:56 AM
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No water pressure in bathroom sink
I just picked up my Laredo 325RL 3 weeks ago. First trip out. Everything goes fine until I go to clear our the winterized water lines. I don't have very much if any water pressure coming from the sink in the bathroom. It's only the sink, I have pressure in the bathroom shower, kitchen sink, and the out door faucet. I have checked the water lines under the sink and they look to be straight. I've tried to unscrew the small screen coming from the faucet and it seems to not come want to come out.
The pressure is just barely a very very small stream coming from either hot or cold side.
I am hooked up to city water at this time. I have not Reyes the fresh water tank yet.
Before I go in under the camper belly and pull the panel to check the water lines. Not sure if I will even be able to see anything. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?
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04-01-2017, 06:05 AM
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If your faucet is the OEM one, there is a removable screen on the faucet. Chances are that it's obstructed. You might want to use a pair of pliers to get a better grip and remove the strainer to clean the screen. That's probably your issue. GOOD LUCK !!!
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04-01-2017, 06:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JRTJH
If your faucet is the OEM one, there is a removable screen on the faucet. Chances are that it's obstructed. You might want to use a pair of pliers to get a better grip and remove the strainer to clean the screen. That's probably your issue. GOOD LUCK !!!
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Seems like the bathroom faucet is the favorite gathering place for trash.
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04-01-2017, 08:26 AM
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Problem solved. As you were saying I did take the screen or should I say screens. There were 5 screens stacked on top of each other. I also cleaned out the white piece of plastic. I will call it a diffuser of sorts. All works fine now.
Do you think in. Need all (5) screens?
Thanks for all help.
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04-01-2017, 08:36 AM
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Good Job !!
Have to store spares somewhere
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04-01-2017, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by mike7431
Problem solved. As you were saying I did take the screen or should I say screens. There were 5 screens stacked on top of each other. I also cleaned out the white piece of plastic. I will call it a diffuser of sorts. All works fine now.
Do you think in. Need all (5) screens?
Thanks for all help.
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The "white piece of plastic" limits (restricts) the volume of water that can flow from the faucet.( a good thing if dry camping or in water restriction areas.)
The screens aerate the water and catch debris as you have found out. Faucet manufacturers use different aerators to give the appearance of more water and to create less splash. If it came with five screens more than likely it has been tested to work best with that number. (Unless it was made on a Monday or Friday) Your choice, but if it is working fine now ..... I would leave all the screens in. JM2˘, Hank
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04-01-2017, 05:18 PM
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You probably only need one or two screens. I checked the aerator on my new Bullet's kitchen faucet for debris and I think it had 2 screens. You can try different numbers to find what works for you.
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04-01-2017, 05:39 PM
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Next time (if you didn't do it this time), put drain stopper in down/closed position before you take apart the screen. Just in case you drop parts, you won't loose them down the drain.
Pat
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04-05-2017, 04:04 PM
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Jay, Thanks I did do that. I saw that problem before it could happen.
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05-03-2020, 05:18 PM
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Wow! You were a lifesaver! We are on Rv #3; so used to de-winterizering. This is a new unit; bought it in the fall...so we were perplexed when we had water pressure in every faucet except the bathroom sink..your post was spot on! We took apart the screen and all sorts of blue shavings from the plumbing line had clogged the screen, Thank you!!
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04-18-2024, 05:31 PM
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Clean the diffuser after de-winterizing.
This same thing happened to me with on the 1st trip after de-winterizing the camper. We bought this new in 2021 and haven't had this problem before thru 2 seasons of camping. What happens is that after a couple of seasons, the water heater creates sediment that will collect at the 1st opening which is the bathroom sink. I had pressure everywhere else but just a stream at the bathroom sink. After using some channel lock pliers to remove the diffuser, I noticed some black sediment that came out. So I thoroughly cleaned the diffuser and screwed it back on. The result was full water pressure, hot and cold.
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04-19-2024, 04:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skeeterlogan
This same thing happened to me with on the 1st trip after de-winterizing the camper. We bought this new in 2021 and haven't had this problem before thru 2 seasons of camping. What happens is that after a couple of seasons, the water heater creates sediment that will collect at the 1st opening which is the bathroom sink. I had pressure everywhere else but just a stream at the bathroom sink. After using some channel lock pliers to remove the diffuser, I noticed some black sediment that came out. So I thoroughly cleaned the diffuser and screwed it back on. The result was full water pressure, hot and cold.
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Exactly what Skeeterlogan stated, except on my TT the closest water line from HWT is the toilet. I ended up cutting the pex supply line and added an easy to get to screw on filter and shut off valve.
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04-19-2024, 05:11 AM
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Great that it's working....
That's great that it's working but since the toilet has no diffuser with a small screen (that I know of) that would collect sediment that would choke the water supply...how did putting a cutoff on solve the same problem? I think every toilet needs a cutoff and that is smart to put one on.
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04-19-2024, 06:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skeeterlogan
That's great that it's working but since the toilet has no diffuser with a small screen (that I know of) that would collect sediment that would choke the water supply...how did putting a cutoff on solve the same problem? I think every toilet needs a cutoff and that is smart to put one on.
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There is a screen inside the toilet line where the supply line attaches.
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04-19-2024, 06:19 AM
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Toilet cutoff
Would this be the same or different??
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04-19-2024, 06:25 AM
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Take off the blue pex line and look inside the fitting on the toilet.
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Airlift 5000 bags, Prodigy brake control, 5 gauges on the pillar.Used to tow a '97 Jayco 323RKS.
Now an RVIA registered tech. Retired from Law enforcement in 2008 after 25+ yrs.
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04-19-2024, 06:32 AM
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Gotcha. We're camping right now but will definitely do so when we get home. Thank you very much for sharing the info!! Can you imagine how much it would cost us if we had to drag the camper back to where we bought it or to some service facility...every time some problem popped up? These forums (as well as others) are invaluable...made so by folks willing to share.
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04-19-2024, 02:27 PM
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Note that to the best of my knowledge, the screen inside the toilet valve CANNOT be removed for cleaning without removing the whole valve. I spent way too much time on my belly in the bathroom after every trip, scooping heater sediment off that screen with a soft plastic ear spoon and a mirror, and trying to flush the last bits out with an ear irrigator, so that the toilet would flush better than a trickle, before I finally arranged to have a check valve installed at my water heater input to block the sediment. I had the same sediment problem in the bathroom sink, but only the cold faucet. It gathered inside the faucet valve itself, never made it to the screen, and I had to remove the faucet to clean it. (See photos of faucet connectors, clean hot side, clogged cold side.)
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04-20-2024, 09:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LHaven
Note that to the best of my knowledge, the screen inside the toilet valve CANNOT be removed for cleaning without removing the whole valve. I spent way too much time on my belly in the bathroom after every trip, scooping heater sediment off that screen with a soft plastic ear spoon and a mirror, and trying to flush the last bits out with an ear irrigator, so that the toilet would flush better than a trickle, before I finally arranged to have a check valve installed at my water heater input to block the sediment. I had the same sediment problem in the bathroom sink, but only the cold faucet. It gathered inside the faucet valve itself, never made it to the screen, and I had to remove the faucet to clean it. (See photos of faucet connectors, clean hot side, clogged cold side.)
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You do not get sediment from the water heater as you Do not have hot water to toilet.
Yes you can get it at sinks and shower fixtures.
It has to be coming from the fresh water tank or city water.
Don
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04-20-2024, 10:08 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Don77
You do not get sediment from the water heater as you Do not have hot water to toilet.
Yes you can get it at sinks and shower fixtures.
It has to be coming from the fresh water tank or city water.
Don
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Like Reagan said, it's not the things you don't know that trip you up worst, it's the things you know that just ain't so.
I can tell you from experience that it happens, and I can tell you how. I even posted a photo of the sink faucets, with the hot side clean as a whistle and the cold side full of magnesium salts.
In my rig, the cold water inlet to the water heater is plumbed within inches of the cold water inlets to the toilet and sink. Road vibration bounces the sediment into the cold feed. Then you use the toilet somewhere on the road at a rest stop, or it's the first thing you use when you arrive at the CG, and the toilet sucks all that sediment right into its screen. Use the hot water first instead, and it doesn't happen.
I finally had to put a check valve on the water heater input to cure it, and it stopped immediately. There's an entire thread about this issue elsewhere on the forum ("Are all toilets this slow now?")
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