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Plumbing Help

Goodair

Goodair

U might of slipped one end of the pvc too much into the 45 and had a short amount left for the coupler or vice-versa, I ended up doing that on my tank and had to redo it to fix the leak.
 
Rossim2i2

Rossim2i2

So went to Home Depot again and redid the entire thing. At most, the pipe in the top of the bulkhead in the sump may have raised 1/8 of an inch when tightening the union. After two hours there was some water again. Not sure what to do at this point. Going to the LFS tomorrow and will see if they have bulkheads in stock. Replacing it is the only other thing I can think of.
 
Rossim2i2

Rossim2i2

It’s definitely from where the pipe goes into the bulkhead. That seal. There was just a little amount of water there this morning after about 9 hours. I also dialed back the return flow again to get rid of the spa like bubbling in the sump. With the lower flow rate, I haven’t seen any water (yet). Gonna order a new bulkhead though to have on hand.
 
Rossim2i2

Rossim2i2

Actually did have a little water after 10+ hours. May try to loosen and retighten the bulkhead. Don’t think that will do anything but who knows... it also looks like there is just enough space between the coupler and the bulkhead for an o-ring. Might try that as well. Good news is that it isn’t catastrophic
 
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