| house water pump trouble shooting [message #337839] |
Sat, 13 October 2018 16:42  |
Deb
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Registered: October 2016
Location: Logan Lake, BC
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I have gotten all of the pink stuff into my plumbing, except into the filtered water tap (ran out because i do not have the water heater bypass installed yet. Went to do that & there were so many connections and T's and Y's that I didn't want to start messing around with it on the off-chance I screwed something up and wasn't able to get it all back together before the freezing weather hit. Wanted to get the winterizing done). Last week everything ran just great! I have the pump converter kit and sucked it straight out of the jugs. Today I went to do a just in case run on the filtered water and it wouldn't draw into the pump. Blowing out through all of the house lines though - air &/or pink seems to be moving through the system although seems a bit puny for pressure.
I uninstalled all of the pieces from the kit and tested them one at a time for "air-tightness" and they are all fine. Pulled the filter off the in-coming side of the pump and it was also nice and tight (and filthy!!! Cleaned it while it was out). While everything was off I turned on the pump and put my hand over the ingoing port. Got some suction, but minimal.
Seems like I have a leak somewhere in the pump housing, or a bad diaphragm? Would this be worth pulling out and trying to track down the source of the problem, (I have all winter now) or just replace it? Could there be an air-lock inside the pump? Seems unlikely since it is pumping out and I can't see it being able to pump out without being able to suck something in first. Should I find a clean funnel and try pouring some pink directly into the pump through the bypass hose and see if that does anything?
Any chance that it could be a simple fix? Not worried about putting a new pump in there. It's been there a while! Just a bit of frustration since it was perfect last week, and today, Phth-t-t! If it has given up the ghost I am just happy that it did it now and not in the middle of a trip next spring.
Thanks for any insight.
Deb McWade
Logan Lake, BC, CAN
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