T&T: Holding tank plugged vent

[Bob McLeran]

I had a holding tank vent plugged at the tank end and I couldn't reach 
the top of the tank where the fitting was located. Fortunately, I could 
reach the end of the vent line where it went thru the hull and removed 
the tubing from the thru-hull end; connected a fitting with a barb on 
one side and a water hose fitting on the other to the tube. Connected a 
water hose to the fitting and turned on the water. It took about five 
minutes of pressure before the plug in the vent line finally blew back 
into the holding tank.

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Bob McLeran and Judy Young                  Manatee Cove Marina
MV Sanderling                               Patrick Air Force Base
DeFever 41 Trawler                          Melbourne, Florida 



On 1/1/2009 9:48 PM, Jim Vaigl wrote:
> I dealt with a plugged fuel tank vent this year and how I fixed it should
> work on your holding tank:
>
> Hook a shop vac discharge to your deck holding tank pump out fitting, turn
> the Y valve to the tank-to-deck fitting position.