Water Pump Being Weird. Is it dead?

[jorn]

My pump is being weird.

I've charged the water lines via city water, and all is well. No leaks detected. But when I try to run the pump off a full water tank, it seems to struggle a bit. When I open a faucet, I do get water, but at sporadic pressure and with intermittent air. When I shut off the faucet, it cam take up to 10 seconds for the pressure to return enough for the pump to set off. Or, it can take several minutes! Once it does, it never comes back on, so I highly doubt a leak is to blame.

Is this the sign of a dying pump? (It shows a 2015 manufacturing date.)

Thanks!

[midnightsadie]

sounds like your getting a bit of air when it sits, pull out re check .figure out where that shot of air is getting in.

[craig7h]

Have you cleaned the sediment screen on the pump?

[wnjj]

Except when you can't find the parts, or they cost half the price of a new pump.

It can't hurt to take it apart and make sure there's nothing caught in the valves. Being that new it's unlikely to be failing outright.

[cavie]

cavie wrote:
Pumps are very much rebuild-able and easy to do. Amazon is your friend.

[cavie]

Pump are very much rebuild-able and easy to do. Amazon is your friend.