Permenter59
Member II
Had a brain storm idea to clean the inside of the E29 in a new way that would avoid the fuss and time consumption of vacuuming etc. Remove throw rug and cushions and hose down the inside with soft scrub (bleach) and water. Purposely filled the bilge, then went to manually pump the bilge, which has worked perfectly since I have owned the boat…until now. Murphy picked the best time to tank my pump (sorry for the pun).
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Checked intake hose – not clogged.<O</O
Checked outflow hose outside of boat – felt air (while pumping).<O</O
Checked Diaphragm – not torn<O</O
Pulled intake hose off at the pump. Ran the pump and didn’t feel much suction. Reached in and could feel the valve. As I pumped, the valve didn’t seem to move much. <O</O
Pulled diaphragm off. Not torn, but couldn’t tell much as pump is in hard to see place. <O</O
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Viewed several threads on this site, and have questions.
<O</OSuggestions on how to repair? Is this a kit, or just replace the valve? Way to tell if pump is original? Could it be the intake hose needs replacing? How do you know when it is time to get new pump?
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Thanks,<O</O
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Checked intake hose – not clogged.<O</O
Checked outflow hose outside of boat – felt air (while pumping).<O</O
Checked Diaphragm – not torn<O</O
Pulled intake hose off at the pump. Ran the pump and didn’t feel much suction. Reached in and could feel the valve. As I pumped, the valve didn’t seem to move much. <O</O
Pulled diaphragm off. Not torn, but couldn’t tell much as pump is in hard to see place. <O</O
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Viewed several threads on this site, and have questions.
<O</OSuggestions on how to repair? Is this a kit, or just replace the valve? Way to tell if pump is original? Could it be the intake hose needs replacing? How do you know when it is time to get new pump?
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Thanks,<O</O
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