Any hope for a seized water circulating pump?
 

a taco 011 - failed after only 18 months of use. i noticed that 'special' smell of electrical problems coming from my boiler room .. figured out it was the water pump that circulates water from our outside water furnace to inside the house .. removed it and the pump itself is hard to turn by hand.

i dont know why it failed for sure, but something obvioulsy caused it. there used to be rust in the water but no longer.

any thoughts on soaking in wd40 or something like that to free it up?

[note: fortunately i had a backup spare 'just in case', so heating system was down only for a short while. if this had been in the dead of winter with no spare, it could have been serious as i'm in upstate ny]

Re: Any hope for a seized water circulating pump?
 

THREE THINGS.

1) NEVER buy any product that is named 'TACO' - that's something you eat

2) Always have at least TWO SPARES of anything you rely on for daily usage - you now know why

3) Always get chili on your Nacho's Bell Grande (I couldn't resist, sorry)

:bear_w00t:

Re: Any hope for a seized water circulating pump?
 

For what it's worth.....my best luck in circulator pumps has been Bell & Gosset....I've gotten 10-15 years out of them regularly. Grunfos was supposed to be a good one, but the one I tried was like yours.....didn't last any time at all.

Re: Any hope for a seized water circulating pump?
 

Pumps always have two parts. The pump, and the motor. You smelt the motor, so you know it needs service, but the question is what's shot? Did the motor let go, and that's the whole problem .. or did the pump itself fail, blowing the motor? If it's just the motor, that's a simple fix. It could, from your description, simply be a cracked brush. Are we talking a jet type pump, or a piston?

Also, WD40 is for drying wet ignition systems. Anyone who tells you it's a lubricant needs to be introduced to the closest 2X4 post haste. Also, any petroleum product sprayed onto a teflon bushing will cause it to swell. You need to use a silicon based lube for that. Until you know what you've got, sprays and dunks are a bad idea.

Given that this pump is a vital part of your heating system, and you're unfamiliar with pumps ... get a professional on it. There are places to save money ... and this isn't it. At the very least, try and get a service manual for your type of pump and familiarize yourself with it. Personally, I know what the bits in a pump are, and I still farm out the annual service of my pumps to an old guy on the other side of the lake. He does it cheaper, faster and far better than I can ... and in any case of failure ... his basement is full of spares that he doesn't hesitate to loan out.

Re: Any hope for a seized water circulating pump?
 

Sounds like you need one of these:

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3...terchiplh5.jpg

Water Chip, travel to a nearby vault to get one!

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...but is it really worth the trouble?

Any Fallout series enthusiasts will get the joke :D:D:D :bear_w00t:

Sorry, I couldn't resist :shocked_ma: