Eco Tech Marine Power Head

vic5hands · Nov 17, 2015

How do you reinstall the wet side of the power head after cleaning. Do you put the pump to feed mode? Reason asking I have heavy vibrations. I set the head 5 minutes later it is making noise. Reset again and the same happens. The power heads are two years old. Thanks

redfishbluefish · Nov 17, 2015

My guess is that you didn't re-assemble the wet side correctly....the little white ceramic piece and a plastic washer like piece that fit together.....and needs to be seated into its slots correctly. But that is just a guess.....because I did it wrong once with these pieces and got vibration.

mfinn · Nov 18, 2015

@RandoReefer

RandoReefer · Nov 18, 2015

vic5hands said:
How do you reinstall the wet side of the power head after cleaning. Do you put the pump to feed mode? Reason asking I have heavy vibrations. I set the head 5 minutes later it is making noise. Reset again and the same happens. The power heads are two years old. Thanks

First, hopefully you shut the pump off completely before removing the wetside? Secondly, you definitely do not want to have the power on when trying to re-install the wetside. All maintenance should be done with the power off. If you did everything with the power OFF then see my questions below. If not, try installing it with complete power OFF.

How far did you break down the wetside? Did you only take the prop housing and backside off, or did you completely disassemble it down the prop and washers (that @redfishbluefish was speaking of)?

vic5hands · Nov 18, 2015

Broke it fully down.

RandoReefer · Nov 18, 2015

Ok. I'd imagine it could be the reassembly that went awry. Here's a disassembly and assembly video that may help. (If you haven't found it already.) [emoji4]

http://ecotechmarine.com/media-gallery/video/gen-2-wet-side-disassembly-2

vic5hands · Nov 18, 2015

Wanted to thank you. Took the power head apart. I lost the washer between the magnet and base assembly. Replaced washer works great. Thanks again

RandoReefer · Nov 18, 2015

vic5hands said:
Wanted to thank you. Took the power head apart. I lost the washer between the magnet and base assembly. Replaced washer works great. Thanks again

Good deal! Glad you got it figured out![emoji4]

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