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G’day,
We’ve sprung a leak off the bottom of our rain water tanks. I’ve replaced all the pipes, and reconnected with washers. However, there is still a dripping leak as shown. It is at quite a difficult angle and I had lots of trouble screwing on cap to secure. Please assist!
Hi @jrodgee
You clearly have done all the right things just looking at you photos.
I might use 10 turns of plumbers tape as a minimum.
Some times we can over tigthen a washer up and it distorts and leaks when we think we did right job.
Failing all that silicone the hell out of it . Silicone will undo if needs be .
Thank you. I think I’ve now fixed all the leaks, but have a pump problem! If water is not coming through, can a pump start making a weird noise and stop working? Have we got a blown pump now?
Hi @jrodgee
I am glad you solved the water leak especially with tank water.
I know that feeling chasing a series of problems one after the other.
Pumps can vary in operation so that means to fault list will change too.
What sort of pump is it? And what is its use.
For now I am going to assume a Constant pressure pump taking the water out of the tank and for house hold use or garden hose pressure.
Hi @jrodgee just in case others new to tanks and pumps are interested in reading about pump issues I will ask the more basic questions first.
Has your tank got enough water left in it to flow into the pump or the valve open
Can open a tap some where and try bleed any air of of the line as you might have shut the water off to do your repairs Forming an air pocket around the pump and it will run them stop like you described. Let the water flow for a minite or so as you might have a pressure storage tank inline that needs to empty before the air can be pushed out.
Usually the pumps have a control box attached to them with fault indicator LEDS dose this sound like your pump.
Hope this is a simple fix for you,
Here is a picture of our pump. It pumps the water from the tanks to the house and some external water taps. Definitely got plenty of water in the tanks!
You will see, there’s a pocket of water underneath the pump that wasn’t there before.
Should I bleed the air while the pump is on? From just one tap or multiple?
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