Do I have a bad tunze?

m and m · Feb 9, 2011

My tunze is not pushing water any more its a 6101 i believe is the motor done or something?

thewackyreefer · Feb 9, 2011

Well, if it's not pushing water somethings wrong with it. Either the impeller is stuck or the motor is blown...without any more info I'm not sure anyone will be able to help.

m and m · Feb 9, 2011

What information would help?

Gamble · Feb 9, 2011

Have you soaked it in vinegar overnight? Did you let it run, while out of water for any amount of time?

btkrausen · Feb 9, 2011

Have you taken the front off and cleaned the whole thing out? If you have and its still not spinning, I say its dead. Not much else you can do via troubleshooting this online. How old is it?

m and m · Feb 9, 2011

Its a few years old, I did clean it out and it hasn't run out of water at all.

btkrausen · Feb 9, 2011

Might be a goner than man. The only other thing I would suggest is check with Tunze under their RC sponsor forum and ask them if they have any ideas.

Captain Nemo · Feb 9, 2011

I had this problem withone of my PH's and I took it out and dropped it ( accidentally) on the floor, appearantly this jarred it and it worked afterwards. Might try jostling it around and see if that helps.

btkrausen · Feb 9, 2011

Captain Nemo said:
I had this problem withone of my PH's and I took it out and dropped it ( accidentally) on the floor, appearantly this jarred it and it worked afterwards. Might try jostling it around and see if that helps.

Haha, I almost wrote that same thing, to hit it against something hard to see if it knocks something loose. It has worked for me in IT with hard drives :) Stayed on just long enough to pull the data off, then died completely.