Regular Inspection and Maintenance Routines
By regularly inspecting your water pump and carrying out routine maintenance on easily serviceable parts such as seals and O-rings, it’s possible to prevent the majority of more serious, and more costly, breakdowns. If you can select a regular time when your business is least busy to spend some time checking over your water pump, you could save yourself a great deal of time and money.
Lubrication and Replacement of Worn-out Parts
Any high-wear, replaceable parts can be checked routinely, and lubricated or replaced if needed. Smaller maintenance jobs like this can help deliver serious savings down the line.
Guidelines for Winterising Your Water Pump, if Necessary
Some pumps, if they are located in an area susceptible to drops in temperature during the winter, such as outdoors in shallow bodies of water, will need to be winterised. If water is allowed to freeze inside a pump or any of its connecting fittings, the expansion caused by the formation of ice could crack the pump or fittings.
In many cases, your water pump will be safe from freezing, but if you do need to winterise your pump, it’s a relatively simple procedure:
- Locate your pump’s drain plug and drain any water from inside it
- Remove your water pump from its location
- Flush your pump with food grade propylene glycol
- Get it as dry as possible inside and out – if possible, you could use pressurised air to push water out (don’t use heat as this could also warp the pump or damage seals and O-rings)
- Store the pump somewhere warm and dry for the course of the winter
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