Rick I have 1 of the same pumps on a skimmer also Their is a spacer on the impeller shaft on the end in the motor It goes before the rubber plug on the shaft. If that spacer is not there the impeller goes in too far and drags on the housing. You might check that??
Dave
Well, it was a good thought. There was a small, thin spacer there, but I went a head and added a thicker one and tried it. It ran and I thought that was it, then it stopped probably less than 5 minutes. It seemed longer, but it probably wasn't, I was just excited because I thought I had fixed it. I tried adding an additional spacer and it stopped again.
I'm wondering if maybe it is the impeller, maybe the magnet is bad and just starting to swell when it gets warm and thus it stops.
Dave, I wish you were a bit closer, I'd give you the pump and have you play with it, maybe put your impeller in it to see if it does the same for you, and/or put my impeller in your pump to see what happens. I don't want to purchase another impeller only to find out the problem is the pump itself.
I have to look around because I think this pump was sent with a regular impeller in it initially, if I could find that impeller, I could just run the pump with that impeller to see if it continues to work or if it stops too. I think this would be a way to check the pump, right? It shouldn't matter whether I'm using a needle wheel impeller or a regualr impeller or am I wrong? Don't know at this point.
