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Rusty years · 06-07-2013, 08:47 PM

The hose water won't go into the flush, it seems blocked. I have an 06 Endeavor and had been using the flush weekly. How does this system work?

UFO Pilot · 06-07-2013, 08:53 PM

Is the water pressure too high? My system doesn't operate with high water pressure.

jesilvas · 06-07-2013, 09:18 PM

Usually, the water line from the inlet goes up to a vacuum breaker, then goes back down to the tank.

Dutch Star Don · 06-07-2013, 09:28 PM

Rusty.....Your sprayer is plugged, it's a very common issue. On the passenger's side of your coach, you should have an exterior panel directly opposite of your water bay that does not have a handle to open it. There will be two screws under the edge of the panel that need to be removed. Lift the panel up (hinged) and place a pole under it to support it. Once open, you'll see your two tanks (black in color) sitting atop your water tank. One of the tanks will have a plastic hose and fitting. This is your sprayer.

The sprayer has multiple holes and on occasions where you really fill the tank or drive with it quite full, debris will splash up into and through the sprayer. It then dries and hardens, plugging the sprayer. You can remove the sprayer and clean it. It happened to me a few times over several years, so I and others have just removed the connected hose and took a 1/8" drill and drilled several holes down into the sprayer head without even removing it. Once you do this, it won't plug again. My feeling was that I just wanted a bunch of water to fill into that end and really didn't care that it sprayed or not.

Rusty years · 06-08-2013, 09:52 AM

Great job, Don. I was thinking that it could be something like what you said and now I can fix it. I do believe that the spray is important to get the sides flushed and keep the sensors clean although I haven't seen how they are placed. It looks like I'll become quite the techie owning this rolling earthquake. Keeping the crown moldings on is easier with a staple/nail gun I have.

RustyTools · 06-08-2013, 11:06 AM

Hey RustyY, this is RustyT :-) ...

I had the same problem, and ended up putting a couple latches on that panel. While I was at it, I realized there was a good deal of room above the tanks, so I installed a piece of plywood over the tanks with some 'walls' around the perimeter (so's to not have anything hit the various hoses/pipes/wires in there) and am able to store fairly large flat objects for travel.

Dutch Star Don · 06-08-2013, 04:47 PM

Rusty Years.....Your tank sending units are at the drain end of the tank, so the sprayer really doesn't clean anything. Mine rinses as well or better with the sprayer drilled out. More water flows through the drilled out sprayer. If you don't drill it out, it WILL plug again and again.

Rusty Tools....If you're looking for storage, there is even more above the fuel tank. I put latches on the two panels where the fuel doors are located. On the passenger side, I store tire chains and a blue waste tank. On the other I store a small inflatable boat.

YC1 · 06-08-2013, 05:48 PM

Don, show me a picture of the storage over the fuel tanks please. I too found room on top of my gray and black tanks for hoses etc. My drilled out flusher worked well and no longer plugged but as mentioned it never reaches the senders. Recently I changed it out for the one that has the whirly gig. In hind sight I should have left the original drilled out one and mounted the new whirly gig one at the sender unit end. I could have teed them together and had the best of both worlds. Removing the covering panel in that area turns out to be easy enough so I could have installed it easily. Had some issues with my sensor and finally bought a hose thingy with a sprayer and gave it an enema from the outlet. Worked great.

Rusty years · 06-17-2013, 09:48 PM

Thanks everyone. I tackled the project today and it was really easy. I drilled the holes and reamed them. When it happens again I will drill the holes bigger.

danes-on-tour · 06-18-2013, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty years

Thanks everyone. I tackled the project today and it was really easy. I drilled the holes and reamed them. When it happens again I will drill the holes bigger.

Rysty Years

I think you got away too easy

, so I will suggest an improvement to your flush system.

The No-fuss flush. Price at Camping world - around $15. This will seriously add to your flushing possibilities.

Actually this installation is so easy that I may have to come up with some other "bright spark" idea that is more difficult

Dutch Star Don · 06-18-2013, 06:27 PM

YC1.....I don't have a photo of the fuel bay uploaded. On mine I can fit one of the standard size blue totes (approximately 6"x 18"x 24") and a set of cable chains on the passenger side bay. The other bay is similar, but you have to be careful of the sending unit. I built a wood floor to cover the sending.

Some may laugh at using tis space, but my 36' coach only has one exterior pass thru storage bay.

YC1 · 06-18-2013, 08:05 PM

My guages recently began giving false indications. I use tons of water with a macerater toilet. My flusher is a new tornado and seems to do a great job. I bought a hose snake and sent it up the outlet and cleaned the senders.

I'm going to add a second flusher and tee it into the existing one. The second one will be on the sender end of the tank. Can't complain, it took 5 years to have my guages give false readings.