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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The pump in our camper has been acting up for a couple of years now. Every time it sits awhile or we travel, I have to re-prime it. I've taken it apart 2 or 3 times and there is nothing in the valves and they look fine. On winterize mode it won't pull a vacuum so I fill the tube and the blow into it while the pump is running and the faucet is open. It actually takes a really hard blow to move the water at all. Once it "catches" I switch the valve back and it builds pressure fine and will work fine until the next move. Rather than fill the hose I found I can put the winterizing valve half way between and the suck water from the tank with my mouth to fill it.
In theory these pumps can run dry an indefinite amount of time but maybe a taxed it when I found it running in the shop when the water level in the tank had evaporated enough that it ran non stop. It may have been running a few weeks.
In theory these pumps can run dry an indefinite amount of time but maybe a taxed it when I found it running in the shop when the water level in the tank had evaporated enough that it ran non stop. It may have been running a few weeks.
