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jalichty
Explorer
Jul 20, 2014

Possible water pump problem!!!!!!!!! Maybe not, now.

Folks, we ran our pump in the HT for two or so days with no water in the system. Noticed it was running this morning so I shut it off and just filled, mostly, the fresh water tank and am trying to ge...
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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Jul 21, 2014
RJsfishin wrote:
The pumps are NOT designed to run dry for 2 days w/o harm ! If it ever survives that would surprise me.


Seen pumps left running dry for over a week and pump just fine for yrs. after.
They are a diaphragm design..only move about 1/8" so very little wear/tear when run dry. They do not require water as coolant.

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