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I may have stuffed my Blagdon air pump
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Author:  mantis [ May 19th, '11, 16:09 ]
Post subject:  I may have stuffed my Blagdon air pump
Decided to change the diaphrams in my koi air 25 as its been running for 12 months and has lost a bit of power.
Dunno what i did wrong but now it wont pump enough for the small aquarium :upset:
What can I do to stuff it up , anyone pulled one of these apart before successfully
Author:  Curnow [ May 19th, '11, 16:21 ]
Post subject:  Re: I may have stuffed my Blagdon air pump
G'Day Mantis,

Although I haven't seen inside one of these pumps I would be looking at the valves to make sure there is not anything stuck under one. There will be an inlet valve and a discharge valve. They may look the same so make sure one points inwards and the other points outwards. Or perhaps the diaphragm is not seated properly. Can you feel any air leakage around the head part of the pump? :think:

Hope this helps

Cheers
Dennis
Author:  mantis [ May 19th, '11, 17:20 ]
Post subject:  Re: I may have stuffed my Blagdon air pump
Ok, stand down, I forgot to replace one of the flapper valves DOH

Thanks Curnow
Author:  RupertofOZ [ May 19th, '11, 17:48 ]
Post subject:  Re: I may have stuffed my Blagdon air pump
So... ya got ya valves all in a flap about nothing eh Mantis.... :D
Author:  mantis [ May 19th, '11, 18:05 ]
Post subject:  Re: I may have stuffed my Blagdon air pump
Well, ummm , eeeer , maybe Image
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