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Vacuum Tank trouble

  • 06-06-2011 12:35pm
    #1
    Finno59
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭


    Having trouble with the tanker, keeps overheating since the day we got it, had 1 for 10 years before that never any trouble.(abbey brand) They put in extra gaskets so veins wouldnt be touching but that made no difference. They told me to put in tractor engine oil instead of vacuum oil but that made no difference either. We only have our own work to do so can stop and let it cool off. Have pulled oil and diesel thru pump to clean it out. Where do i go from here? Thanks


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  • #2
    maidhc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,722 ✭✭✭maidhc


    are the vanes free, can you hear then drop as you turn the pump slowly by hand? Can you turn the pump by hand when the tank is empty?

    Ours did the same. We replaced the vanes, and put in a few more gaskets, and it solved it.


  • #3
    Finno59
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭Finno59


    maidhc wrote: »
    are the vanes free, can you hear then drop as you turn the pump slowly by hand? Can you turn the pump by hand when the tank is empty?

    Ours did the same. We replaced the vanes, and put in a few more gaskets, and it solved it.

    can if the nuts are loose at the back, how much does that cost?


  • #4
    maidhc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,722 ✭✭✭maidhc


    Vanes are cheap, maybe €70. Easy enough to do.

    I would put in more paper gaskets first though. It is obviously heating because the cylinder into which the vanes slot has moved out maginally. They seem to do that for no good reason.


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