dave87
New Member
Hi, new here, DIY er , this forum helped me replace a stuck pump, thanks. I now got my new pump in, and after a couple minutes of running it full discharge it catches air, bounces the 1 1/4 discharge pipe around. I have used this well for years at full open discharge to fill my 24" pool with no problems. The old pump got stuck, I used 2 gallons of bleach to get it slippery, then ended up using 4 gallons of muriatic acid, to get it out. I am wondering if the chemicals have anything to do with this, or if the casing shrunk around the old pump, and since we put the new pump back down in the same spot, the casing is causing restriction, or maybe something else. located in fl. 4 inc pvc well, 1 1/4 sch 80, had a 4 inch pump, now using 3 inch. pump is 80 ft down, water level is about 60 ft down. my current thought is to have a 4 ft piece of shc 80 threaded and add it, lowering the new pump past a possible shrunken casing. any help is appreciated, thankz.