I did a couple of jobs today and every time I pulled away from where I was parked running my machine I noticed a decent sized drip puddle. Looked a little closer and it seemed like the inlet line to the pump head was weeping so I tightened it (it was a little loose). Next stop it was leaking even worse so I pulled it into my storage space and pulled the head off. Here is what I found, still not sure on exactly where the leak is coming from.
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So a few mornings ago I was trying to get going early, I had the trailer outside for a couple of days with RV antifreeze throughout all lines....Tried to start it and saw the whole pump twist on the frame (like it was fully locked up and the belt was trying to rip it off it's mount) Opened my bowl filter and it was all froze up, it was like a hawaiian shaved ice consistency. So as you can see in the second pic I cracked a plunger and all the brass/copper? spacers are crushed and broken. The spacers and plunger I had spares, so no biggy but what has me baffled is the valve plugs on the inlet side all have broken threads. Some were broke as it came out, others were intact but running my fingers over them broke them off. Do you think that the expanding ice could have caused that? Everything else looks fine, valves look brand new, pressure side valve caps are all intact, just seems kinda weird.
So, What's your thoughts? And Russ do you have any of these you could sell me asap or anyone else have them in stock? Need to get up and going asap, thank you in advance for the help.
Pump is AR, RK15.28HN
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So a few mornings ago I was trying to get going early, I had the trailer outside for a couple of days with RV antifreeze throughout all lines....Tried to start it and saw the whole pump twist on the frame (like it was fully locked up and the belt was trying to rip it off it's mount) Opened my bowl filter and it was all froze up, it was like a hawaiian shaved ice consistency. So as you can see in the second pic I cracked a plunger and all the brass/copper? spacers are crushed and broken. The spacers and plunger I had spares, so no biggy but what has me baffled is the valve plugs on the inlet side all have broken threads. Some were broke as it came out, others were intact but running my fingers over them broke them off. Do you think that the expanding ice could have caused that? Everything else looks fine, valves look brand new, pressure side valve caps are all intact, just seems kinda weird.
So, What's your thoughts? And Russ do you have any of these you could sell me asap or anyone else have them in stock? Need to get up and going asap, thank you in advance for the help.
Pump is AR, RK15.28HN