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Old 05-28-2022, 09:58 PM   #1
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Question discovery 44h water pump losing prime

We just took our 2021 discovery 44h out of storage and found our water pump loses prime. Filled water tank with gravity fill, closed bypass and started pump. Faucets run good for a few seconds, even longer a few times, and then water stops. I flip the bypass and get it reprimed with city water pressure, only to have it lose prime again. No leak that i can see. Strainer is clean.
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Old 05-29-2022, 06:30 AM   #2
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Probably not losing its prime but being starved of water.

Make sure the valving in your wet bay is positioned properly. Easy to have things closed when they should be open and vice versa.

You could have a stuck check valve on the suction side of the pump.

And finally - the pump diaphragms do get stiff or possibly a hole in them. Easy to get, easy to replace.

But you need to make sure there is a free flow of water to the pump suction side first.
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Old 05-29-2022, 08:11 AM   #3
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When you turn on the water pump, does it prime up and shut off? That would tell us if you have everything set properly. If it keeps running, then you have a valve somewhere open. Do you have a watermiser in the shower? If so, check the position of that valve. The water filter out of the housing and see if you keep pressure that way.
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It wouldn't prime at all when I first filled water. Opened the bypass valve and got water through all the fixtures. Then closed the bypass and tried the pump. Sure enough, it worked......for a about a minute then appeared to lose prime. It had normal pressure also. It just quit pumping water, and the pump kept running. Have cycled it like this probably 10 times always with the same result. I'm familiar with the valve settings. I've had numerous RVs and 3 motorhomes with this same setup.
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When you turn on the water pump, does it prime up and shut off? That would tell us if you have everything set properly. If it keeps running, then you have a valve somewhere open. Do you have a watermiser in the shower? If so, check the position of that valve. The water filter out of the housing and see if you keep pressure that way.
Yes it primes up pumps water for a bit, then no water, pump keeps running.
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Do you have a winterize valve in the bay? Is it closed? When it primed up, does stay that way if you don’t turn on any faucets? How full is the fresh tank?
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Do you have a winterize valve in the bay? Is it closed? When it primed up, does stay that way if you don’t turn on any faucets? How full is the fresh tank?
Stays primed up as far as i can tell. It pressures up and cuts out. I open a couple faucets to flush out the antifreeze and after a few seconds it loses prime. Pump "freewheels" and doesn't stop, even when i shut off the faucets.
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Old 05-29-2022, 08:36 AM   #8
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I'm going to check for a winterize valve, but i don't believe it has one. The dealership winterized it before we bought it.
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Sounds like the pump has an issue. If you google the pump model, you can search for pressure adjustment. That will show you where the Allen head screw is in the bottom of the pump. You can follow the instructions to see if that will correct the issue. If not, you will probably need to replace the pump.
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Old 05-29-2022, 11:26 AM   #10
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I'm not sure you have an issue. I think what happens is it starts to pump, but the hot water tank is empty. With almost resistance to fill with water. At that time water stops running from the we faucet. You switch the bypass it stops filling the tank and water comes out of the faucets.

Give it 10 minutes to fill the tank and open a hot water faucet to bleed all the air. I think what your are seeing is normal.
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Ps: make sure you have enough water in the FW tank. 20 plus gallons.
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