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    Flattened Hose on Pump Suction

    I pulled the Nautilus panel covering, to check on a few things and discovered the suction line to the pump is flattened.

    Cannot imaging that it was installed this way so did I crush the line by running the pump when the Nautilus was on city water and not from the dry camp position?

    Any other ideas as to why this may have happened?
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    Ours looks pretty much the same. I suspect you are correct in that the pump was run when a valve on the suction line was closed. That section of line should have never been flex hose. Just bad engineering. I plan to replace that section with a pex line next time I have that compartment open.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KamFlyer View Post
    Ours looks pretty much the same. I suspect you are correct in that the pump was run when a valve on the suction line was closed. That section of line should have never been flex hose. Just bad engineering. I plan to replace that section with a pex line next time I have that compartment open.
    I think this is going to be the start of my flex to Pex conversion that several members have done. Hitting HD tomorrow for Pex A, clamps and crimping tool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cahriad View Post
    I think this is going to be the start of my flex to Pex conversion that several members have done. Hitting HD tomorrow for Pex A, clamps and crimping tool.
    I hit Home Depot about 6-8 months ago and got all the stuff, which is still sitting in the basement awaiting installation. It will come up to bite me soon!

    If you haven't yet seen posts by the user Cate&Rob in plumbing threads here, they are worth looking for.

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