Help - Latex 700 Intermediate Tank leaking (w/photos)

[TSD_Ken]

My Latex 700 is 3-4 years old. We have never had any issues until today. I discovered ink leaking from the Intermediate Tank. Cyan was leaking the worst today, but we discovered that magenta and the optimizer have also leaked in the past. I appears that 5 out of 8 connections are leaking to some degree.

Simply tightening the connectors by hand does not seem to stop the leaking. I am afraid that pliers will break the plastic. Has anyone else had this problem?

I am not looking forward to an expensive service call for something that appears to be an simply mechanical connection. Are there any 3rd party service techs, or is this strictly in the domain of HP?

thanks,
Ken

 

[balstestrat]

You need a new set of connectors. It's a crack in the manifold.

 

[TSD_Ken]

thanks for the quick reply. Could you offer any help on a part number and where I can find the parts. At this point, I am going to change all 8. I assume I would need to do a purge to get the air out of the system?

Ken

 

[cornholio]

You need 1x Y0U21-67251 (complete set) and there is a port on the IT connectors for sucking out the little air you get in during replacement.