oops, call the manufacturer then, that's what I did, and they sent me a good guyOriginally Posted by benbaaa
oops, call the manufacturer then, that's what I did, and they sent me a good guyOriginally Posted by benbaaa
I think you have 5 years warranty on that pump
I think so too. Next job is to find the receipt.
Even if you do, if the problem is not the pump but the installation, Hitachi's guy will get it sorted but will charge for fixing installation problems.Originally Posted by benbaaa
True, but at least it will be fixed.Originally Posted by Norton
Try asking the Hitachi guy if he can report it as a gaurantee repair and then you pay him cash
I don't think it's an installation error, despite Mr Fuckwit who installed it. The pump ran smoothly and silently for at least seven months. It's only in the last couple of weeks we've had this sputtering noise.
If as you say, pressure at faucets is OK and no air is coming out, sputtering noise may not be air as we assumed. Could be pump impeller noise caused by any number of things. Hitachi guy will get it sorted.Originally Posted by benbaaa
Hmmm. I seem to have every receipt for everything I've bought since 2001. Except for one.Originally Posted by benbaaa
Search continues.
I had the same prob.
Turned out there was a bit of plastic bag in the impeller.
WTF is that?Originally Posted by the dogcatcher
The bit that looks like a fan blade driven by the motor. Sucks the water in and pumps it out. On your pump it's inside the brass casing. If there's air, plastic, sand, or other bits in there you will hear a shushing noise.Originally Posted by benbaaa
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect,"
Ok.
Lift the lid of the pump.
As Naughty says on the side of the pump there will be a round plate secured by 4 stainless steel bolts.
This is probably the only bit of the pump that isn't painted grey, the plate will almost certainly be round.
If you can isolate the pump from the tank then do so, if you can't your going to get wet.
Remove that plate to reveal the impeller.
It looks like a fan with about 100 blades.
Check carefully visually between each blade, I bet you find plastic bag fragments.
Do of course unplug the pump before you do this
Good luck.
Falling asleep and waking up is not the same as passing out and coming to.
^Good instructions but I think in this case, call the Hitachi guy!
No offense to your skills Benbaaa.
Cheeky bugger. I've got a hammer, you know. Still looking for the receipt.Originally Posted by Norton
A hammer and a receipt. No worries mate. She'll be right.Originally Posted by benbaaa
When you say it runs without taps turned on do you mean all the time.
It's quite normal for a pump to trigger occationally with no taps on.
No system is completely air tight.
Maybe it's jammed in the impellerOriginally Posted by benbaaa
^ Fok off.
^^ No, just occasionally, but it seems more often than usual.
You have a slight leak somewhere or the peasants are'nt turning the taps off all the way.
Actually you can see the impeller cover under you hand in the pic.
Yours appears to have 5 bolts, and as suspected isn't painted grey.
The rustling noise could also be the pump on the cusp of turning off.
If a tap is just on then the pump will fire, and just before it clicks off will create a rustling noise. Mine does this but it's rare.
I have an HP 130.
you are not fit to own a fuking pump
13.00 on the 25th. = first post.
It's now 20.12 on the evening of the 3rd.
And you still haven't called a bloke in to fix it.
This beginning to smell.....
Hope that fixes it. The washing up will have built up a bit over the last 6 years.
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