little Giant pump

[wirick181]

trying to run as an external but i cant get it to pump any water
any ideas

 

[Dane]

did you prime it

 

[wirick181]

how do i prime it

i have never had a external pump before

 

[Mini T]

Does it have water in the pump?

 

[wirick181]

yah is should

 

[Dane]

open your valves let the pipe fill with water all its doing right now is spinning air
mainly get water in your pipes

 

[wirick181]

it should have water in it

 

[Off The Deep End]

Try to syphon water backwards from the tank and turn it on when its syphoning backwards. I have done this before by attaching a pump on the sumpside and sucking water backwards throught the line or use a pump to force the water from the sump up the return line through the pump and plug in when you have water in the pump. HTH

 

[wirick181]

the pump was real hot when i was messing with it all i tried to push water through the pump with out any luck

 

[Dane]

water running threw your pump is one of two means of cooling the pump down
I'm sure it would be hot without the water

 

[Off The Deep End]

water running threw your pump is one of two means of cooling the pump down
I'm sure it would be hot without the water

+1 You can also pull the cap off and check the impellor, it needs alot of water to prime them not just a little if there are any airbubbles it might not start. Make sure your return is not pointed out of the water or you will have a mess.

 

[wirick181]

tried pouring water down the return from the top side with out any luck

 

[Cake_Boss]

or you hooked it up backwards...

 

[Off The Deep End]

It has to be a constant flow otherwise your just filling your sump

 

[wirick181]

i got it to work once lol

 

[phillipj2]

Impeller is probally broken.

 

[Wicked Color]

hot might be an indicator of damage, is it new? how long did you plug it in for with out it working?

 

[wirick181]

so it had a bunch of sand in it
cleanded ot out and got it workinging i need to get some foam filter to keeep it clean

 

[wirick181]

is water susspose to come out the back of the pump??

 

[dvenson]

is water susspose to come out the back of the pump??

nope