Water Pump Trouble
I'm having trouble getting my water pump working after pulling it out from winter storage. My TT is a 2013 Viewfinder(cruiser rv).
The dealer we bought it from winterized it last fall by blowing all the lines. When I ran the pump all I got was a little burbling at the faucets. The freshwater tank is at 1/3rd full. The water lines seem okay when directly connected to pressurized water, no noticeable leaks and I filled the water heater while on pressurized water. Initially it wouldn't even draw water from the bypass winterize hose. I removed the bypass valve and found some plastic shavings and cleaned those out. The inline filter had a couple small plastic fragments and it is now clean. After reconnecting it was able to pull water from the bypass okay. I switched the bypass back to the freshwater tank and the faucets kind flowed a little bit but never had the pressure that we had last year. After 5-10 minutes of the pump running I switched back to the bypass line and it wouldn't even draw like it did a little earlier, like it gave up trying.
After that I replaced the pump and still just get a little more than a trickle through the faucets. With all faucets closed the pump never builds up enough pressure to turn off. I'm stumped any other suggestions. Is there anything else I'm missing? The dealer we bought from is 40+ miles away so I'm trying to resolve it on my own to save the gas and time. At this point I think I need professional help :)
The dealer we bought it from winterized it last fall by blowing all the lines. When I ran the pump all I got was a little burbling at the faucets. The freshwater tank is at 1/3rd full. The water lines seem okay when directly connected to pressurized water, no noticeable leaks and I filled the water heater while on pressurized water. Initially it wouldn't even draw water from the bypass winterize hose. I removed the bypass valve and found some plastic shavings and cleaned those out. The inline filter had a couple small plastic fragments and it is now clean. After reconnecting it was able to pull water from the bypass okay. I switched the bypass back to the freshwater tank and the faucets kind flowed a little bit but never had the pressure that we had last year. After 5-10 minutes of the pump running I switched back to the bypass line and it wouldn't even draw like it did a little earlier, like it gave up trying.
After that I replaced the pump and still just get a little more than a trickle through the faucets. With all faucets closed the pump never builds up enough pressure to turn off. I'm stumped any other suggestions. Is there anything else I'm missing? The dealer we bought from is 40+ miles away so I'm trying to resolve it on my own to save the gas and time. At this point I think I need professional help :)
