Bad washdown pump?

[bout time]

My washdown pump runs but will not prime and pump out water. The inlet is good and so is the valve as my bait well is Td in after both and works without problems. The pump runs but will not prime and I can hear a "gurgle" - is the pump going bad ???

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[skipper19]

Did you check the suction side of the pump for any air intrusion? Thru hull hose clamps and ball shutoff valve connections, hose to pump and clamps, make sure your inlet filter housing is not cracked or have bad o rings. The gurgle sounds like a vacuum leak going on somewhere. There is the chance that a diaphragm has failed in the pump. There are 4 or 5 of those in the pump depending on the make.

Hope this helps! Mark

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[momay4000]

_{Mark is on the money,}

 

_{I've had to replace two of these bad boys in 6 years and once it was water corrosion inside the pump after a seal went and the second time the diaphragm went and it would barely push water. Both pumps were Flo-Jet/Jabsco. The first time was my fault after I removed it to winterize in the offseason and dropped it in the bilge and probably broke it somehow.}

 

_{I don't really understand how the diaphragm works compared with an impeller pump, but it was a flat piece of black plastic on the top portion of the pump with 4 or 5 small circle areas that seemed like it "oscillated" somehow at high speed to pump water.}

 

_{Replace the pump it's a very easy fix - good luck,}

 

_Chris