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    Oct 24, 2011, 10:53 AM
    Well pump have lost pressure
    HI,
    My 14 years old well pump have lost it pressure and a little pressure when it start but within 1 minute it stop pumping water for few minutes and again pumping but with a little pressure.. before it takes 10 minutes to fill the tank but now it taking hours.
    Please help me to solve the problem(foot valve and pipeline is working ok).
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    Oct 25, 2011, 05:58 AM
    This is a surface pump, Correct? Perhaps the impeller's going bad. What's the pressure gage doing when all this is going on? Let me know,Tom
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