Posted by Tinkerer05 on August 29, 2012 at 16:06:36 from (71.76.160.92):
In Reply to: Questions on well pump posted by Tinkerer05 on August 29, 2012 at 11:24:14:
Well, the digger just left - of all the responses, you got closest - the pump shaft is broken and the tank is bad. The only good news was that the motor was ok.
I guess 10 psi was the indicator on the tank since apparently it should have been around at least 38 psi. The digger reckoned that sometimes a bad tank can cause enough back pressure that it strains the pump but he also says its hard to tell. It could also have been a bad shaft.
The tank, pump and motor were all replaced about 5 years ago, so there's no warranty to fall back on.
So we are now pumping $1,700 back into the economy...
Thank y'all for your responses - great community - great forum!
I've reposted my earlier second message since I posted to the wrong spot earlier. But thanks again everyone for responding.
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