replacing hose from water tank to sink

[thebrewer]

Hi all,

I would like to replace the water hose running from the water storage tank to the sink. Man are they scunggy (I think that is the techincal term for the condition that they are in).

Any one know off hand what the internal diameter of the hoses are? I would prefer to buy the hose and then start taking things apart.

Thanks in advance,
Pat

[chimivee]

[Huxmobile]

Agree, 3/8". Did mine a few weeks ago. I swapped out my lines from pump (inside tank) to top of tank, and from tank to faucet. Rather than pull the fridge, I taped the new hose to the old right at the tank, and pulled it forward (from tank toward faucet). For some reason when I tried to go the other way, the hose kept getting stuck.

No need to change the old vent hose, but it does look bad compared to new water lines.
Cheers
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87 Westy 2.1L, manual (sold)

[westynova]

An option rather than replace the hose is to clean it in place. First I would shock the hose and tank with a good chlorine bath. This will kill most of the scunngy stuff. Next, disconnect the hose at the faucet and feed a long flexible wire from the faucet ond of the hose to the tank. Then pull through some sort of a cleaning rag several times. When you pull the first one through, tie a strong rope/ cord to the end so as it come out, you will have a pull through for the next one and so forth until you are satisfied that it is clean. Once this is done, shock the system again and then flush with clean water at least twice or until the taste of chlorine is gone.
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84 Westy
2010 VW Golf TDI Wagon
2009 Jeep Rubicon Unlimited, Lifted and Locked

[westynova]

thebrewer: Just realized that you are out on Montrealish and you may have a CSA (Canadian Van) while the other guys will have the US model. One of the differences (not sure if it applies to all of them) is the Canadian Vans, the pump is in the sink cabinet rather than inside the tank like the US vans. If this is the case, getting at the hose at the tank is a bit difficult. You have to remove a lot of the cabinets as the suction connection is in the lower middle of the front side of the tank. Have a look from the inside of your tank to see where the connection is. If this is the case, you may want to save yourself a lot of heart ache and clean the hose in place.

I did this last year to keep my wife happy and she would still not drink the water out of the van, so during the winter I removed the entire water tank (now it is storage place) and fabricated a portable 10L water tank under the sink which can be replaced with a 20L tank for longer trips. My wife still brings bottled water when we go out. The old saying is, "you can drag a horse to water, stick its head underwater but it still can't make it drink"
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84 Westy
2010 VW Golf TDI Wagon
2009 Jeep Rubicon Unlimited, Lifted and Locked

[thebrewer]

[FNGRUVN]

Instead of taping the hose together, I would connect the two with a barbed coupling. Less chance for them pulling apart during the pulling process.
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[madspaniard]

In most Westy models, the water hose running from the tank to the sink is held in place behind the wood panel by two plastic eyelets attached to the panel making the "tape or use a barb between old and new hose" a bit useless because in most cases the slightess increase in diameter (tape over) will stop the hose from going thru the eyelets. Using a barb is something I also tried but you need to secure the barb in place so that the hose does not come out of it when pulling. Again you run into the same problem with increased diameter. These are the issues I ran into when doing mine. At the end I ended up pulling out all cabinets and became a bigger project checking for rust behind kitchen, doing insulation and sound dampening, new fridge, etc. Funny how a simple $15 project turned into the summer megaproject.
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1991 Westy auto w/ Peloquin TBD

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad” - Salvador Dali

[tam_shops]

Anyone have more information on this? What kind? Where? How much? Prices? Please!

[randywebb]

clean the tank first

then:


http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=488546
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1986 2.1L Westy 2wd Auto Trans.

[tam_shops]

Tank cleaned. Twice. 2 Cups (500mL) Bleach to a full tank. The guy at the water store did the calculation for me, it's what they use...Sat for 2hr and then rinsed. Twice.

tam

[kamzcab86]

[randywebb]

pay the extra and get the silver impregnated hose from GW
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1986 2.1L Westy 2wd Auto Trans.

[tam_shops]

Ready to do this, might make for a fun rainy day project...Came here to see who said to use what and now see the obvious fantastic cheap idea:

[randywebb]

silver inhibits bacterial growth
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1986 2.1L Westy 2wd Auto Trans.

[LandSailor]

[hans j]