Fresh water leak
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:41 am
I found my bilge with water and started looking for the source. It turns out that the leak was on a quick connector that connects the blue pipe to fresh water tank heater. The leak was on the thread side, not on the quick connect side.
The water seal is achieved with an o-ring, there isn’t any seal applied to the threads. I was able to fix the issue by simplying applying torque.
The picture shows two blue pipes, the leak occurred in the one that is closer to a red cap. The metal part that the white adaptor is attached is slightly different than others, it does not have a “flange”. May because of that you can see the black o-ring between the white adaptor and the metal piece. For now there was no need to use teflon tape or something else, but if it happens again I will move away from the o-ring as the only seal solution.
The water seal is achieved with an o-ring, there isn’t any seal applied to the threads. I was able to fix the issue by simplying applying torque.
The picture shows two blue pipes, the leak occurred in the one that is closer to a red cap. The metal part that the white adaptor is attached is slightly different than others, it does not have a “flange”. May because of that you can see the black o-ring between the white adaptor and the metal piece. For now there was no need to use teflon tape or something else, but if it happens again I will move away from the o-ring as the only seal solution.