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Spring has sprung and it's time to turn on my reticulation (bore).

My retic worked back in May but now (October) I turn it on and no water comes out.

I can hear the pump going but no water comes out. Any ideas? I only ran it for a couple of minutes because I heard you can blow up the pump if there's too much pressure. Do I have to let it run for a while to fill up the pipes?

J. Musser
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I had the same problem sometime back; it finally turned out to be that the pump pipe has air sucked in, which creates reverse pressure and so the water could not be drawn/sucked.

If your pump is accessible you can follow the steps below to remove the air:

  1. Search for a small cylindrical metal cap on the top of your pump. This cap can be opened/closed just like a bottle cap with hands.
  2. Open the cap with hand or pliers and pour some water into it, around a glass full. Then close the cap.
  3. Turn on your pump and wait for a minute. If the problem was with air in the pipe it should start working immediately.

Try it out, and see if that works.

Niall C.
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