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06-11-2017, 11:26 AM
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Filling fresh water
Bought a new Wildcat fifth wheel, had the dealer fill the fresh water tank before PDI, at PDI the display said full. Camped for a week, at which time the display showed 1/3 full, so figured I'd fill it. To my surprise, it only took about five minutes before it started spitting water out of the fresh water fill inlet. Tried "topping it off," but it didn't want to take any more. Display still showed 1/3 full. Used for two more days and ran out of water. Filled again and was only able to put in 17-18 gallons. What am I doing wrong? Help!!!
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06-11-2017, 11:44 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Southern NM
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Mine does the same thing. Just fill it very slow. It probably takes a good 15-20 minutes to fill mine. If that doesn't work you might have to rerun your input hose to remove any kinks. Also check your overflow tube for kinks/blockage. There's also a smaller filler hose that attaches to your water hose that some folks use to jam it in their fw input to get past a kink or large bend.
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06-11-2017, 11:51 AM
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AKA: 'tiredTeacher
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Richmond, Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NMWildcat
Mine does the same thing. Just fill it very slow. It probably takes a good 15-20 minutes to fill mine.
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X2 on this comment. I had the same experience as the OP and filling it slowly, ignoring the first time it backs up, or the second or ... Also, putting leveling blocks under the wheels on the fill side to tip the trailer slightly lets more air escape and aids the filling.
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06-11-2017, 12:17 PM
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Location: Cedar Creek Lake, TX
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As indicated above you have a crimped or plugged vent hose. You should try to check it out and open it up.
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06-11-2017, 04:18 PM
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Thanks for the replies, I'll remove the convenience panel and check things out.
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06-11-2017, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
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I had a bug building a nest in my vent tube hole, camper spit water back at me like crazy till I found it and cleared it.
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08-04-2017, 08:23 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Northern New York
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I went to fill my fresh water tank today and there was a 'plug' of dry grass clippings in the vent hole--I pulled it out, and started filling the tank, but noticed there was still some grass about 1 inch down the vent tube. My friend grabbed some forceps, and started pulling out clumps of grass, and several light green dead bugs that looked like ? Baby grasshoppers. Went back to filling the tank, and had a fair amount of back pressure/ air and water shooting out both fill tube and air vent. I think we cleared the problem, but how do I prevent it from happening again? Maybe crazy glue a small piece of screening material over the vent hole?
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08-04-2017, 10:10 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sugarph
I went to fill my fresh water tank today and there was a 'plug' of dry grass clippings in the vent hole--I pulled it out, and started filling the tank, but noticed there was still some grass about 1 inch down the vent tube. My friend grabbed some forceps, and started pulling out clumps of grass, and several light green dead bugs that looked like ? Baby grasshoppers. Went back to filling the tank, and had a fair amount of back pressure/ air and water shooting out both fill tube and air vent. I think we cleared the problem, but how do I prevent it from happening again? Maybe crazy glue a small piece of screening material over the vent hole?
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My Cat has a cover over the vent pipe. Adding a vented cap or some screen shouldn't be a problem.
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