Hi TFP friends,
My fantastic 1-year old VGreen motor has been ransacked by salt water. It's connected to a Hayward SuperPump II. I think I discovered it early enough, thankfully. The motor still runs as expected. I have the full GOKIT3-SALT set of gaskets ready to install.
My question to the experts:
How flawlessly do I need to remove the salt buildup?
As you can see by the included PDF, I've done a fairly diligent job with a small brass wire brush and some steel wool in cleaning up the salt and the damage. Are there certain areas which I should pay extra attention to, so that the gaskets get a nice, tight seal? Any other pitfalls or watch areas I should know about?
It looks like both the shaft seal and the diffuser gasket had failed. Any tips to get them to last longer than one year?
thanks, friends,
Jason
My fantastic 1-year old VGreen motor has been ransacked by salt water. It's connected to a Hayward SuperPump II. I think I discovered it early enough, thankfully. The motor still runs as expected. I have the full GOKIT3-SALT set of gaskets ready to install.
My question to the experts:
How flawlessly do I need to remove the salt buildup?
As you can see by the included PDF, I've done a fairly diligent job with a small brass wire brush and some steel wool in cleaning up the salt and the damage. Are there certain areas which I should pay extra attention to, so that the gaskets get a nice, tight seal? Any other pitfalls or watch areas I should know about?
It looks like both the shaft seal and the diffuser gasket had failed. Any tips to get them to last longer than one year?
thanks, friends,
Jason
