Hi Folks,
I have a Mastercraft 3/4 HP shallow well jet pump. Two days ago my wife heard a loud bang and went downstairs to see the intake pipe had come off the pump and the water was comming out of the pump (only a little bit as the pump was still on).
I came home, put a new attachment for the pipe to the pump on and re-primed the pump. I also noticed that the pressure switch line had come off the pump as well (the line was still attached to the switch). I re-attached that as well.
After re-primeing the pump I noticed that the pump did not turn off, nor did it get above 30PSI.
I drained the system again, and checked the pressure tank. The tank had basicly no air pressure in it. I pumped it up to ~40 PSI and checked it after about ~1 hour and it still had the same pressure in it. I turned the pump on, and now the water pressure is upto ~40PSI, however it still does not get any higher than that, nor does it turn off.
I left the system off last night and went down this morning to turn the pump on again and I noticed that it had lost prime. I removed the 1 1/4" intake pipe from the pump and checked the pipe, it had no water. I filled the pipe with water and then watched as it too about 45 seconds or so before the water I put in was lost from sight (I could only see in about 1.5").
Does this mean that the foot valve is broken? I don't know how deep the well is unfortunatly. I need to find out if the foot valve is broken, as the well cap is buried, and it will be a hell of a job to find it and dig it up.
Thanks in advance!!
I have a Mastercraft 3/4 HP shallow well jet pump. Two days ago my wife heard a loud bang and went downstairs to see the intake pipe had come off the pump and the water was comming out of the pump (only a little bit as the pump was still on).
I came home, put a new attachment for the pipe to the pump on and re-primed the pump. I also noticed that the pressure switch line had come off the pump as well (the line was still attached to the switch). I re-attached that as well.
After re-primeing the pump I noticed that the pump did not turn off, nor did it get above 30PSI.
I drained the system again, and checked the pressure tank. The tank had basicly no air pressure in it. I pumped it up to ~40 PSI and checked it after about ~1 hour and it still had the same pressure in it. I turned the pump on, and now the water pressure is upto ~40PSI, however it still does not get any higher than that, nor does it turn off.
I left the system off last night and went down this morning to turn the pump on again and I noticed that it had lost prime. I removed the 1 1/4" intake pipe from the pump and checked the pipe, it had no water. I filled the pipe with water and then watched as it too about 45 seconds or so before the water I put in was lost from sight (I could only see in about 1.5").
Does this mean that the foot valve is broken? I don't know how deep the well is unfortunatly. I need to find out if the foot valve is broken, as the well cap is buried, and it will be a hell of a job to find it and dig it up.
Thanks in advance!!