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Turtleman
06-11-2012, 10:53 PM
I just changed the seal in a Hayward 1 hp pump and now the pump I running a little noisy. No leaks and pressure is fine. Any ideas out there as to what may cause this before I tear it apart?
waste
06-12-2012, 01:44 PM
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My first thought is that the impeller might not be fully tight. The other thing that jumps to mind is that a pebble, or something, might have gotten into the housing when you did the change out.
Turtleman
06-13-2012, 07:51 PM
Welcome to The Forum!
My first thought is that the impeller might not be fully tight. The other thing that jumps to mind is that a pebble, or something, might have gotten into the housing when you did the change out.
I checked out the pebble situation in the housing and found a lot of DE(I was putting DE in when all this was happening) I cleaned all up and tried again to find the noise still there. Now I'm beginning to think DE has gotten into a motor bearing. Is it worth replacing a motor bearing or will the DE eventually go away?
Thanks
Ed