turkeyshooter
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First a little background: I have been getting some fine sand in my tub, sinks & toilet. Quite a bit in fact. I have been gone for a few weeks. While gone the pump lost pme. I went out there & poured water in the inlet on top of pump where I have a ball valve. The pump primes, but takes some time. I had to fill it up several times, & every time I open the valve to the water softner I have to open it real slow. It still loses prime most of the time. Sometimes it will take, but then as soon as I open the valve to the house it loses its pressure & prime. When it first tries to prime before I open any valves the pressure switch cuts off & on real fast. I notice air bubbling up through the inlet valve on top of the pump. It seems I almost get it every time, but then it will lose prime if I make it through the first valve opening to the valve that goes to the house. That pressure switch cuts off & on real fast when I first turn on the power to the pump. I then have been attempting to open that first valve real slow. Seems the only way it will take. Some of the time. If it does I then have been moving to open up the other valve to the house & that is when it usually loses its prime. I did raise my drop pipe about 3/4 of an inch to see if that would help with the sand problem.
Question: Do you think I need a new pump or is it possible its just the check valve messed up from all that sand? Any ideas on the proper sequence to go about the process of elimination to find the problem? Thanks in advance. Turkeyshooter.
Forgot to mention it is a Water Ace Jet pump. I also have a shallow well a few feet away with plenty of water that has a hand pump on it. That is where I have been getting my water from to attempt to prime the pump.
Question: Do you think I need a new pump or is it possible its just the check valve messed up from all that sand? Any ideas on the proper sequence to go about the process of elimination to find the problem? Thanks in advance. Turkeyshooter.
Forgot to mention it is a Water Ace Jet pump. I also have a shallow well a few feet away with plenty of water that has a hand pump on it. That is where I have been getting my water from to attempt to prime the pump.
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