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HELP!!! Low Pressure Final Rinse Pump Making Heck of a Noise

BobbieB

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So my Final Rinse is a Goulds Booster Pump 7gbs1014r4. It all the sudden became very loud. Does this mean its on its way out. What should I try/check. Looks like they are around $1600.00?
 
They're pretty simple to rebuild. What's making the noise, the pump or the motor? The motor on mine got noisy and had to be replaced.
 
I always found it easier and less time consuming to just buy new and be done with it. Ive never had any luck rebuilding those booster pumps. Ive seen them get rebuilt then die out few years later. Better off just buying new IMO. I also do not deal with them as much as RO guys do. You should message Buckeye hydro and get his opinion on what you should. Maybe he will even see this and chime in.
 
So I went with a Flint & Walling PB1014A101. Got it installed and noticed that my bypass water was not really flowing like it should. I know there should be a steady stream when the final rinse is running that goes back into the tank. It wasn't putting out anything. So unhooked it and checked all my connections again, and same thing, there is really no water flowing back to the tank. To avoid any issues I removed the new pump and put the old one back in. Now the old one is not providing any water back to the bypass.

Is it possible that the Spraying Systems 8460 Diaphragm went bad? I turned the handle and nothing really changed. Also, it looks like there is a spot for a gauge. Do you have to drill it out? Any special that it would use. About what PSI should I be running on the final rinse.

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Yes, regulators do go bad from time to time, especially if it's an older one.

You can plumb a pressure gauge after it with a tee, it doesn't have to be directly on the regulator.
 
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