- Joined
- Apr 1, 2004
- Location
- Vancouver Canada
The pump on my aquarious 2 broke, so I ordered a Via Aqua 1300 from aquastealth. The shipping was terrable and expensive, but it is finally here. I connected everything up, made a T line system for it with 1/2" ID tubing to and from the pump, and filled it up. I bled the air out from the top of the system to ensure their was fluid in the pump. Turned the pump on, and it horrable. When it starts it sounds like gears grinding and popping, and it is increadably loud when it is running. It has a fairly high piched grinding sound which changes a lot as it runs, and it is so loud I can't even hear the rest of my system, which has 11 fans in it. I don't think the pump is pushing very much water either, as my temperatures climbed very quickly with it, until I just shut it down. I know there is no air in the pump or anything like that, is the pump just deffective?
I wanted to make sure these things aren't sudposed to sound like this before I try to get it replaced (which will probably be a nightmare)
I wanted to make sure these things aren't sudposed to sound like this before I try to get it replaced (which will probably be a nightmare)