What would cause this to happen on a MP60?

[RuffReef]

 

[gumbii]

garcia curse...




but srsly... what happened to it...? is that piece broken off...? or unglued..?

 

[RuffReef]

No idea what happened, mp60 was only running for a few hours. It appears something melted, it totally froze the impeller.

 

[lowbudget]

Looks like it over heated the fan inside turning?

 

[johnwin84]

wow that sucks..i'm happy i did not borrow it..

 

[RuffReef]

Looks like it over heated the fan inside turning?

That's what I thought but how?

 

[lowbudget]

Is this the wet side

 

[RuffReef]

Yes it is

 

[5ft24]

shouldn't have happened if it was under water... if it was run out of the water for a while, it could have melted it like that...

 

[RuffReef]

It was only underwater. I used the correct spacer so I am not sure what happened.

 

[lowbudget]

The plastic on the dry side in the correct setting

 

[gumbii]

The plastic on the dry side in the correct setting

this comes to mind... maybe you had the magnet too close to it and it caused it to rub on the it inside of it and melted it...

 

[RuffReef]

The plastic on the dry side in the correct setting

What plastic setting? I read the manual again and it only says to rotate the wetside to balance if excessive vibrations are heard. I did this and the pump was running silent.

 

[lowbudget]

Maybe this pump chinaman didn't get enough sleep. Sorry buddy

 

[RuffReef]

Maybe this pump chinaman didn't get enough sleep. Sorry buddy

Thought these were made in PA?

 

[lowbudget]

Lol jk on the chinaman

 

[rayray]

this happened to my mp40s

the shaft started not to turn freely, so the metal nut (that sits in the round magnet) that holds the drive shaft eventually melted the teflon washer. after that it was metal on metal as the nut gound the base. eventually the shaft-magent-propeller assembly stopped spinning.

I think it was due to improper re-assembly of the wet side after thorough cleaning. the plastic nut between the propeller and outer housing was mis-tred and then overtightened the shaft.

long story short, I sent it to Ecotech and the sent me a free replacement wetside. I always have a spare anyway, so I wanst down any time.

 

[wickedfish]

Smart man cause they like to take their time when it's under warranty.


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[RuffReef]

The MP60 was brand new, only ran a few hours before totally locking up.

 

[rayray]

Ecotech was very helpful.

They just asked for a copy of the original purchase receipt with the date. even though I bought my 2 MP40s in mid-2009.

They fed-exed my replacements in 1 week, free return shipping.