Shurflo water pump left running!
Well don't ask me how but I accidently left my water pump run for 24 hours with no water in the tank.. :S When I found it the next day I shut it off put some water in the tank and low and behold it st...
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I have run mine dry a number of times and it has always worked fine. As Old-biscuit posted it is a rubber diaphragm that moves the water. When mine froze in Az over night it started leaking at the parting line. When I remove it I noticed corrosion underneath the pump, so it must have been leaking slightly for some time. I took it apart to clean it and saw the rubber diaphragm was about 3/16 thick (looked like silicone rubber) and was black with something, so I cleaned it off and reassembled several times but it still leaked so I ordered a new one. While waiting for the new one to come in I applied some silicone adhesive to the parting plane and re torqued the bolts and it worked fine without leakage. My take away from all that is the rubber diaphragm is very durable and not likely to tear or fail. So I now have a spare. The pump was 17 years old when I replaced it.
