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Water pump constantly needs priming - Life / Technology - Forumosa

Water Pump Issue

The water pump for the whole building has been running dry for hours without drawing any water up. The pump needs priming, but before it didn’t. The author can’t be there to re-prime the thing every time the water pump starts up because the water tower was drawn down, but they can’t let it run dry either because if they lose the water pump, they’re going to be without running water for at LEAST a week.

The author is keeping the thing going because they hate being without water, and they don’t think anyone in the building likes it either, but they are wondering why these thing not prime itself, or why would it lose prime?

The author primes it by basically pouring water down that valve after opening it, and they can hear a distinct change in the sound the pump makes. About 30 minutes later they’d have water.

Possible Causes and Solutions

Someone asked if water leaks around those two flanges could mess up the seal. The author responded that the water is from their attempt at priming the pump, as well as checking the priming plug to make sure it’s actually pumping water.

Another user suggested that since the author is a tenant, they should contact their landlord to get someone out to deal with it.