Water leak at base of valve.

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Ffltstn

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Best I can tell I have a Guardian Performa with a 255 Valve run by a 760 timer. I at first noticed water marks down the outside of the housing. The other night after a power outage the system was running early and when I went to fix the time I saw a pin hole stream of water shooting out from were the valve screws into the tank. the system is about 9 years old. Could this be the o-ring or is there another issue.
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Ken in Orlando
 

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It's hard to see but in the night pictures there is a white line sticking out towards the right . That's the stream of water. It's hard to tell with the plastic cover on the tank. I'll have to take it apart.
 

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It's hard to see but in the night pictures there is a white line sticking out towards the right . That's the stream of water.
Impressive! I did not notice until you pointed it out.
 

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OK took the valve off. Looks like the tank is cracked. From the first pictures you can see the stream is coming out of the white plastic and does not look like its coming from between the white and the black plastic. Here are pictures of the crack. Does everyone agree?
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I believe this has just carbon in it. Can I reuse the carbon inside or being its 9 years old go ahead and replace it? How do I know if there is gravel etc in the bottom? Can I get everything I need in a kit? Best place to purchase and get assistance?
I know this is a Guardian system, Chlorine drip with a Stinner Pump, filter, and the thru the softener. I have hardwater, iron, and tannins. I'm in central Florida.
Once I understand how something works I have no problems working on it.
Thanks everyone for you help.
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You should contact Skip. He is on this forum and I just met with him last week. He is fairly local to you and can get you the parts to repair you unit. Please replace the carbon and add gravel. Also be sure to replace the riser tube/screen with a new one.

http://www.swssystem.com/contact.html
 
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