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BillHoughton
Explorer II
Nov 18, 2018

Oooops. ****. Water pump left running empty

I blew out the water lines today in preparation for winter, then drove over to the next town to dump the waste tanks. When I parked it on my return, about an hour and a half after blowing out the lines, I could hear a little hum coming from somewhere. Then I noticed the water pump light was on, apparently left on who knows when?

I turned it off, and pulled the cover panel under which it hides; the motor was barely warm to the touch (on a cold day, I would not have wrapped my hand around it to get warm).

Am I likely to have done some damage? Other than refilling the tanks and running the pump, is there a test for function I should try?