Water Pump won't prime, suggestions?
We own a 2007 Nash travel trailer we purchased last year. We have never used the pump (always used campground water) Well, I was testing the pump the other day and it doesn't prime. I can't get it to ...
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Chris Bryant wrote:
A quick fix is to use a wet dry vacuum on a faucet to "pull" a prime. once primed, the pump may be fine.
Connected to a trailer's water system that's leak free any of these potable water pumps should easily prime without having to "pull" a prime. Since the question is whether or not the pump itself has an issue I'd disconnect it's intake and output lines from the trailer entirely and run a short hose directly from a jug of water directly to the pump intake. If the pump is functioning correctly it'll prime almost instantly, in which case you'd know there has to be a leak elsewhere in the camper that won't allow the pump to prime no matter how hard it tries.
