Help w/ water pumping issue...
So...
This past December, as I prepared my sailboat in Mexico for our annual winter sail, I needed a new water pump. Quickest and easiest fix was to “borrow” the Shurflo pump I had in my OutfitterMfg. truck camper. Perfect fix.
Upon returning to the camper, I installed a new pump. Unfortunately, it didn’t work right. Only pumping a bit of water, but lots of air. Thinking it was a defective pump, I ordered another one once back in the U.S. same deal.
What could have possibly happened to my camper plumbing over the course of a winter parked in Mex. to make this happen. It’s kind of a big job to lower the floor out of the camper just to look around, so I’m asking for any ideas as to why this happened here to the collective.
If it were cracked tubing allowing air into the pump, there would be a leak. There is no leak. I’m pretty damned mechanical, and this mystery has me stumped.
Thanks for any help!
-Waterless Brian
This past December, as I prepared my sailboat in Mexico for our annual winter sail, I needed a new water pump. Quickest and easiest fix was to “borrow” the Shurflo pump I had in my OutfitterMfg. truck camper. Perfect fix.
Upon returning to the camper, I installed a new pump. Unfortunately, it didn’t work right. Only pumping a bit of water, but lots of air. Thinking it was a defective pump, I ordered another one once back in the U.S. same deal.
What could have possibly happened to my camper plumbing over the course of a winter parked in Mex. to make this happen. It’s kind of a big job to lower the floor out of the camper just to look around, so I’m asking for any ideas as to why this happened here to the collective.
If it were cracked tubing allowing air into the pump, there would be a leak. There is no leak. I’m pretty damned mechanical, and this mystery has me stumped.
Thanks for any help!
-Waterless Brian
