How I STOPPED a pulsating water flow...
Well let me first tell you what I had done over the past year to try and stop a pulsating water flow to the kitchen sink and bathroom sink. This pulsating also make the pipe rattle a bit making the whole water pump use a bit noisy.
I installed the Shurflo hose kit on both ends of my water pump.
I replaced a major 90 degree fitting that was 1 ft from the output of the water pump with a straight fitting.
I replaced my Shurflo 4008 water pump.
I had purged all the lines of any air.
What FINALLY dawned on me is that MAYBE the water restrictors in the faucet fixtures were too much for the water pump....
I had replaced the stock sink aerator with one that pulled down to get a different spray. I had noticed almost immediately that there wasn't enough pressure to allow the second spray pattern to stay, it always fell back to the default stream.
My little brain started to think.....I took off both of the faucet aerators and ran the fixtures.....no more pulsating!
I went to Home Depot and changed out the existing 1.5 gpm aerators for the max 2.2 gpm models. They work PERFECT!
I swear to god I did a little jig on the kitchen floor, who would of thought that the back pressure caused by the water restrictors, just like the elbows in the plumbing, would have such an effect.
I HIGHLY recommend trying this out, it worked for me!
Mr. E
I installed the Shurflo hose kit on both ends of my water pump.
I replaced a major 90 degree fitting that was 1 ft from the output of the water pump with a straight fitting.
I replaced my Shurflo 4008 water pump.
I had purged all the lines of any air.
What FINALLY dawned on me is that MAYBE the water restrictors in the faucet fixtures were too much for the water pump....
I had replaced the stock sink aerator with one that pulled down to get a different spray. I had noticed almost immediately that there wasn't enough pressure to allow the second spray pattern to stay, it always fell back to the default stream.
My little brain started to think.....I took off both of the faucet aerators and ran the fixtures.....no more pulsating!
I went to Home Depot and changed out the existing 1.5 gpm aerators for the max 2.2 gpm models. They work PERFECT!
I swear to god I did a little jig on the kitchen floor, who would of thought that the back pressure caused by the water restrictors, just like the elbows in the plumbing, would have such an effect.
I HIGHLY recommend trying this out, it worked for me!
Mr. E
