bakes Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Hi All, Cleaned my display tank in the weekend,which is filtered by a Fluval FX5,was working fine. Set it back up again ,turned power on and it doesnt work.FIlter is only about 2 years old. Does anyone know of any tips on how to fix it? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expansa Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Did this yesterday and have the exact same issue. I'm looking through the manual today so will post if I get mine working. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Not running at all? No noise or lights or anything?Or do you get a hum but with no flow?Strip it down. Check the parts individually (especially impeller and impeller shaft)Put it back together carefully.If you only quickly detached the hoses and cleaned the bucket - pull down the hoses and flush them out good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakes Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 There is a humming sound. I cleaned all the hoses out ,so they are definately not blocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 See if it pumps anything with an empty barrel (ie. no media)If it's humming but not pumping and definitely not blocked - then you will probably need to concentrate checking the impeller, shaft, and head unit.If it was me, I'd replace the impeller and shaft and see how that goes. If it doesnt fix it, you have a spare impeller when you fix whatever the issue is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsir Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 try to running it without the media and media baskets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expansa Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I've cleaned and tried everything and have it working but it's surging. I'm thinking it's the impeller and will be trying a new one when it's comes in. Any news with yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakes Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Well ,I took the motor off the side,cleaned it out and put it back together.Ran it with and without media basket.But still doing the same thing ,need to order the impeller next and try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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