If it is the pump, all thats needs to be replaced is the cartridge, not the entire pump
Central Boiler steam leaking from top, temperature won't drop
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Ok, it's been fixed. Having watched how it was done - yea I could have done it!
It was the water pump in the OWB. As soon as the technician heard the sound of my outdoor pump, he said that's what is bad. It was making a slight humming noise, and honestly I never really noticed much of a change in the sound the pump made. He said the impeller is most likely damaged. He offered to just replace the impeller to see if that does it but I said I'll buy the part and replace it myself and keep it as a backup.
My novice plumbing knowledge truly shined when I said great how do we do this? There were two valves, one on either side of the water pump (circled in blue), that he simply turned to cut off the water. He also turned the other valve on the far right. With all valves off, he loosened the 4 nuts, removed the old water pump and replaced it with a new Taco 009 water pump. Minor wiring needed to be done to take the old electric plug off the water pump and put it on the new one but just keep track of which wire goes to which when your swapping if someone else needs to do this. He also loosened the motor from the impeller and rotated the motor/electric box mount so it sits sideways, the way the new motor was mounted the electric box was facing the insulation of the OWB and wouldn't fit. He just loosened the 4 bolts on the Taco pump, pulled them out, rotated it and put them back in.
When putting the new water pump back on, he did not fully tighten all of the bolts at first. I'd say they were 90% tight, he plugged the pump in and he slowly turned on the valve below the water pump and allowed a bit of water to come out. He then slowly turned the yellow handle valve on the right hand side, waited a moment, then turned it off. He did this a few more times, and he said he was doing this to ensure water flow was not being restricted from within the house (I guess at the HX) but also to allow any air out in case any got in during the replacement. He then full tightened all the bolts, pretty much as hard as he could, and opened the valves all the way.
My pipes inside immediately felt as though I was touching the sun. My water temperature dropped pretty quickly from 210 to 170 as my fire was pretty tiny at the time.
I'm back in business!
It was the water pump in the OWB. As soon as the technician heard the sound of my outdoor pump, he said that's what is bad. It was making a slight humming noise, and honestly I never really noticed much of a change in the sound the pump made. He said the impeller is most likely damaged. He offered to just replace the impeller to see if that does it but I said I'll buy the part and replace it myself and keep it as a backup.
My novice plumbing knowledge truly shined when I said great how do we do this? There were two valves, one on either side of the water pump (circled in blue), that he simply turned to cut off the water. He also turned the other valve on the far right. With all valves off, he loosened the 4 nuts, removed the old water pump and replaced it with a new Taco 009 water pump. Minor wiring needed to be done to take the old electric plug off the water pump and put it on the new one but just keep track of which wire goes to which when your swapping if someone else needs to do this. He also loosened the motor from the impeller and rotated the motor/electric box mount so it sits sideways, the way the new motor was mounted the electric box was facing the insulation of the OWB and wouldn't fit. He just loosened the 4 bolts on the Taco pump, pulled them out, rotated it and put them back in.
When putting the new water pump back on, he did not fully tighten all of the bolts at first. I'd say they were 90% tight, he plugged the pump in and he slowly turned on the valve below the water pump and allowed a bit of water to come out. He then slowly turned the yellow handle valve on the right hand side, waited a moment, then turned it off. He did this a few more times, and he said he was doing this to ensure water flow was not being restricted from within the house (I guess at the HX) but also to allow any air out in case any got in during the replacement. He then full tightened all the bolts, pretty much as hard as he could, and opened the valves all the way.
My pipes inside immediately felt as though I was touching the sun. My water temperature dropped pretty quickly from 210 to 170 as my fire was pretty tiny at the time.
I'm back in business!
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glad your up and working jay. gonna be a chilly one here in the next couple of days. are you in lancaster co.?
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Now rebuild the old housing and put another plug on it and you have a spare for a real quick swap for next time it goes out.
That is the plan, to replace the cartridge in the old water pump and keep it as a spare. I figured just bite the bullet and have him put the new one on while he's here and keep a spare.
Yes, just outside of Lancaster. It's gonna be chilly!
Yes, just outside of Lancaster. It's gonna be chilly!
stick around Jay. lots of other stuff on this forum. i'm near east berlin. just west of york. bunch of central pa members here.
I think I will, there is a lot of good stuff here
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You sure did, and I'm sure this will help someone else in the future as it did me. Thank you!
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