Broken plastic T fitting
Recently I noticed that my water pump was cycling about every 20 seconds. After looking for leaks inside the motorhome, I went out to check the the area around the pump and filter and found a light spray of water coming from a T fitting at the pump outlet.
At first I thought it was a loose hose clamp, but when I started to cut the clamp the T snapped off. I was in Bushnell, Florida at the time and went to an RV parts shop where I was told that the fitting was inadequate for the job and I should replace it with a brass T from a hardware store. The True Value down the street only had white nylon fittings in ½" so that's what I used.
I installed the new T with standard hose clamps and all is well for now. I don't know if this was a manufacturing problem from the FR factory, or perhaps a freeze problem, but I'm thinking that when I get home this spring, I'll replace all of the plastic T and elbow fittings with brass in order to help avoid future incidents.
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2016 Sunseeker 2300C
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