sink drain problems

[harleyriders1944]

any ideas on how to get the sink to drain faster thought of changing the hose was wondering if anyone had any good tips on what to do 2008 viking 2108st :usflag:

[spicyville1]

Sure, This works for my camper. On the outside of the camper where the hose hooks up, get a piece of pvc pipe and glue a threaded end to it that will hook up to your camper. On the other end of the pipe (about 2 inches) glue a T fitting into it. On the T, point the center connector straight up and glue another piece of pvc and thread a cap onto it. On the opposite end of the T put a 3/4 in female waterhose connector on it and hook up your hose to your grey water tank outside of the camper. To use, turn the cap open until it allows air to enter the T, That allows the water to flow freely into your grey water tank. OR you can use this simple hookup too. It works even better and is simpler. Follow this link!  and look at the 2nd picture.  http://www.title-3.com/GrayWater.htm

[kampingkoge]

I have the same issue with my Viking and have tried the mentioned fixes.  What I have to do on my pup is under the sink you will find the grey drain hose, if you pull the hose upwards a few times it will drain really well.  The issue is the drain hose settles back down into the cabinet after some time and you have to pull it back up again.  I think it has to do with the design of the sink regarding the flip down and the extra length of the hose required for this feature.

[spicyville1]

I have the same issue with my Viking and have tried the mentioned fixes.  What I have to do on my pup is under the sink you will find the grey drain hose, if you pull the hose upwards a few times it will drain really well.  The issue is the drain hose settles back down into the cabinet after some time and you have to pull it back up again.  I think it has to do with the design of the sink regarding the flip down and the extra length of the hose required for this feature.

Follow the link below and look at the 2nd picture. This is a cure all of the problem and is very inexpensive.

http://www.title-3.com/GrayWater.htm

[austinado16]

Follow the link below and look at the 2nd picture. This is a cure all of the problem and is very inexpensive.

http://www.title-3.com/GrayWater.htm

As if I needed another reason to love your website!!!  

That's ingenious!

[spicyville1]

As if I needed another reason to love your website!!!  

That's ingenious!

LOL............best part it really works!

[CajunCamper]

We bought our 1997 Coleman Santa Fe in October of 1997 and stopped using the sink around February of 1998. The sink in the the Santa Fe was too small and clogged almost constantly. We have lived without it since then without it. We also rarely if ever use the stove that came with our pop up either. You can't cook a good jambalaya on that thing anyway.

CajunCamper

[wayner]

I tested out my drain with a vent pipe with inch and half pipe... and it really didn't seem to drain any quicker...  I think it's the big trap at the bottom that slows it down... there just isn't enough mass of water coming from that full sink to push really fast out that trap...  I do think that using the drain with 1"1/2 pipe did make some difference...

[kampingkoge]

Follow the link below and look at the 2nd picture. This is a cure all of the problem and is very inexpensive.

http://www.title-3.com/GrayWater.htm

Done that, did not work ... for my issue its like the drain hose gets kinked or something and needs to be lifted up (strainghted out) for the water to drain.

[coach]

The fastest it's gunna drain is without anything attached, if still slow something amiss under sink!
Notice that in house plumbing they use ridigid big pipe that goes downhill ALWAYS?

[campnagle]

I had a slow drain on my Utah sink and just ran gallons of good hot water through it to clean out any grease and debis and that did the trick. Then before poping down each trip I ran hot water through it and it drained fast ever since.

[flyfisherman]

I have the same issue with my Viking and have tried the mentioned fixes.  What I have to do on my pup is under the sink you will find the grey drain hose, if you pull the hose upwards a few times it will drain really well.  The issue is the drain hose settles back down into the cabinet after some time and you have to pull it back up again.  I think it has to do with the design of the sink regarding the flip down and the extra length of the hose required for this feature.

Same - same with my Starcraft ...

I have the old timey fold over sink and there has to be a certain amount of slack in the drain and water lines to compensate for that folding process and it  sort of creates a vacuum in the drain line. Right under the sink there's a little cabinet that exposes these lines and little tug on the drain and the sink empties out readily ... with no tugs it's a very slow leaking type process!

For the most part the dishes are done outside at the picnic table (I'd say 90% of the time) and the only occassion dishes are done inside in the itty bitty sink would be something unusal like inclement weather. But even so, no matter what, the interior set-up is ready to go, along with the outside having a short piece of garden hose going into the "gray water tank" ... a real gray colored 5/gal bucket, complete with two different lids. Lid one is just got a hole cut in the center so the short piece of drain hose fits into it, for the usual set-up, and lid two that has a connecting fitting so another short drain hose can be attached, thus having a "sealed" gray water tank, should the occassion call for one.

It works O.K. for the girls I go with ... AND, does not cut into my fishing time!


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