vacuflush

[Foulshot]

pump runs and will not stop any ideas?

 

[Mr Salt]

If the toilet is leaking water, than more than likely one of the seals in the toilet is leaking. The pump is trying to draw a vacuum and can not. Run your finger around the seal in the toilrt drain and see if there break or if any thing is preventing a good seal. Further down stream I will one of the other members comment on

Mr. Salt
2001 540 CPMY
Caterpillar C-12s
Cape MAy, NJ

 

[skolbe]

If the head will not hold water - the leak is in the toilet itself. Otherwise another place to look is the duck bill valves are old or something is sticking in them preventing them from closing completely. Have fun tearing that apart. You may want to run some water through to rinse them before you tear them down.

 

[osd9]

all good advise so far.....one other place to look is the pressure switch. Sometimes a little corrosion can cause the same problem..

 

[skolbe]

The pressure switch is a square-d part that can be bought stand alone.

 

[Four Suns]

What kind of boat do you have and how long have you owned it and what maintenance have you done on the vacuflush system in the past?

 

[rondds]

I had the same problem last summer. The bowl held water, the duckbills were brand new (YUCKY JOB) the pump produced enough pressure after 45 seconds to create solid vacuum. It was the pressure switch on mine. Without any boat info, it's hard to tell you where to look and what to look for.