Darren72 Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Our pump has been running accidently dry. Possibly for 1-2 hours. It now seems to be leaking slightly. Ive looked at it and I cant identify the part. Its a clear round part where water circulates inside it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Our pump has been running accidently dry. Possibly for 1-2 hours. It now seems to be leaking slightly. Ive looked at it and I cant identify the part. Its a clear round part where water circulates inside it. The inlet filter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren72 Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Any ideas why it would leak following been dry run for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beo Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 We too have water pump issues at the moment. The installation manual which also includes an exploded view of the pump, list of part numbers and a troubleshooting guide was fairly easy to find via Google. I think it's on the Xylem website. I think ours has some gunk/crud in it. It looks like we need to fit a filter on the inlet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Any ideas why it would leak following been dry run for a while. Maybe more vibration than normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markinaboat Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 If it's leaking from where the clear plastic meets the lower black housing, unscrew it and wrap 3/4 turns of ptfe tape around the thread (in the direction it screws on). That should cure it. If not, a replacement is very cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORTUNATA Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Our pump has been running accidently dry. Possibly for 1-2 hours. It now seems to be leaking slightly. Ive looked at it and I cant identify the part. Its a clear round part where water circulates inside it. I had some success with a rubber gasket of about the same size of the area I wanted to seal. In my case it was an oil sump pump remover. You can get rubber gaskets in packets of odd sizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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