I replaced my old single speed motor with a variable speed motor (V-Green 2.7 HP Round Flange 56J Variable Speed Motor) last September, including the replacement of the shaft seal, diffuser gasket, housing gasket, and pump lid o-ring. Noticed I now have a small leak that has developed since early April. Based on where (I think) the water is coming from, I think it may just be the housing gasket and not the shaft seal; I can't imagine why/how the shaft seal would go bad already? I don't close my pool (live in GA) and water quality/chem levels is always solid for the temp of my pool. Is there any easy way to tell? I know it's relatively inexpensive to go head and replace it all - it just irritates me that I have a leak! Any guidance would be appreciated!
Pump motor leaking - new motor/shaft seal
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What pump? Brand and model? Picture of the leak. Water can migrate to an area and then drop off and that won't necessarily be at the leak itself.
Hayward Super Pump SP1600. No cracks that I can see. Don't have a picture handy right now but the drip appears to be b/t the housing and motor and not migrating from somewhere else as best I can tell. I a shaft seal go bad before a few years ago with my old motor and that was dripping in a different location. Motor sounds fine/normal.
Between motor and sealplate is a seal leak. Could be a bad sealplate, but that is rare.Hayward Super Pump SP1600. No cracks that I can see. Don't have a picture handy right now but the drip appears to be b/t the housing and motor and not migrating from somewhere else as best I can tell. I a shaft seal go bad before a few years ago with my old motor and that was dripping in a different location. Motor sounds fine/normal.
Thanks - it's raining now so can't verify the leak location, but it's probably just easiest/no brainer to just order GOKIT3 for $30 and just replace the gaskets/shaft seal all in one go anyway, right? Now that I think about it, including a new shaft seal isn't much more time than replacing just the gasket. I think I got caught up in the principle of it all, lol...
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