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Old 03-07-2016, 10:58 AM   #1
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Water Pump Kaput!

So after my last outing seems the water pump was left on, and now it hums but no water is coming out. Thinking its not priming or it has died.

So if the later has anyone changed one out? Trying to find what would be the right replacement on the ol interwebbies.

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Old 03-07-2016, 11:38 AM   #2
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Might want to make sure your system is OK first. A thread from a while back that stopped w/o an answer but is similar to your issue:

http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/for...n-14917-2.html

Geoff's write up on replacement:
http://www.sportsmobileforum.com/for...pump-1194.html
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Fill the tank with water, remove the discharge hose from the pump and turn it on briefly. If the motor runs, but no water comes out it's probably the pump head. What type is it?
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its a shurflo 2088-403-14

Its making noise, but not pumping

this looks like a viable replacement
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Unless the suction side is airbound, the check valves have probably gotten hard and are no longer sealing. When it was left on, did it run dry? That can get them hotter than normal, again compromising the rubber check valves, although I once left mine on and weeks later my neighbor called me to tell me it was on. He went inside and shut if off, and months later it still worked.
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no it was only on over night and the tank was half full of water
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no it was only on over night and the tank was half full of water
If the tank was half full, the pump wasn't pumping. It may have been on, but unless the fill valve was open the pump should not have been running.

I've left mine on for days and no probelms.

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So is this pump repairable? Right now all it does is hum and not produce water.
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I replaced switch assembly with this
http://www.amazon.com/SHURFLO-94-231...ilpage_o00_s00

Works great again.
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