Grey Water Tank not emptying anyone help?

owanne · Newbie

Grey Water Tank not emptying anyone help?

Cruising Granny · Guru

Hi and welcome Anne. Nice to see you here.
Do you use a pump to empty the tank or is it by gravity with a hose?
If it's a pump then you'll need to determine if the pump is faulty, and if so, how to fix it.
If it's the hose by gravity then you'll need to determine if the hose is blocked or what is stopping the water running.
After that is could be something more complicated, but I wouldn't know where to go from there.
Look for the simple solution first.

Dave83 · Senior Member

Check for a breather hole - this may allow water to flow more freely (depending on how it's all set up of course).

There may be a plug or something similar - take this out to allow air to enter the tank and see if this makes any difference.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

owanne

Sorry I cannot help with your problem, you need ozJohn to come in and advise

milo · Guru

ours is behind the rear wheel, we just pull out a handle type thing all the way, then all the water comes out...,
try that, may have to turn it, not sure

hammer · Senior Member

Hi,

You could try a couple of things, open the valve to drain the tank then put a hose in the drain and flush it or get some curtain wire and push it in the drain pipe to see if it is blocked. If it has been left for a long time with the grey water in it it could have blocked the drain with stuff that has settled in the tank.

Hope you get it fixed

Chers Hammer

Wombat 280 · Guru

Try putting the garden hose up the out let and see if you can unblock with reverse flow . Believe me it could become a messy operation so wear you old cloths and gloves . If you can trace the outlet back to the tank and can remove the pipe from the tank and establish a flow pattern then your problem is in the outlet hose . Start the simple end first before removing pumps or pulling tanks apart, may need to put some type of drain cleaning product in the holding tank to dissolve the blockage .

owanne · Newbie

Hi everyone,

Many thanks for all your suggestions what I did in the end was bought one of those drain clearing things (much like a curtain wire) and cleared it that way.

Many thanks for all your advice and I am sure we will need more advice as we progress on our journey.

Cheers and happy travelling

Anne and Owen yawn yawn yawn

-- Edited by owanne on Tuesday 27th of September 2011 08:41:26 PM