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03-14-2005

Posted by Lobsang Mack on March 14, 2005, 5:18 pm

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I have a Fuval 404 that is just over a year old. I had to replace the
impeller and impeller cover. The problem is that I am getting a small
amount of leaking around the handles so I replaced the motor housing O-ring.
Because of this it is not working.

Any suggestions.

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Posted by anemone on March 18, 2005, 12:18 am

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I would contact hagen...you might find a contact email adress on
www.hagen.com
that would be the best option.

I heard that the O ring has to be wet when you first put it on...its all in
the manual.

Make sure that you have put everything together correctly..sometimes if the
baskets arent sitting correctly, it can make everything else not fit.
HTH
"Lobsang Mack rogers com>" <hmack <atdot> wrote in message

>I have a Fuval 404 that is just over a year old. I had to replace the
>impeller and impeller cover. The problem is that I am getting a small
>amount of leaking around the handles so I replaced the motor housing
>O-ring. Because of this it is not working.
>
> Any suggestions.
>
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>
> Logic is a tweeting bird in a green meadow. - Mr. Spock
>
>

Posted by on March 20, 2005, 7:11 pm

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Make sure that leaking is not just water coming out of the gaps on the
top of the filter. When I filled my fluval msf 404 for the first time I
pored some water on the top of the filter accidentally and I in
particular use that filter on it's side so that it will work with a
tank that is low to the floor of the room. When I turned the newly
filled filter onto it's side for use a lot of water came out from what
I discovered to be gaps in the top and when I left it alone for a few
days (I would have noticed much earlier if I had looked harder) the
carpet beneath the filter was totally dry and I now know why the water
pored out of what I now know to be gaps in the filter top. HTH, later!

Posted by Jim Anderson on March 20, 2005, 11:01 pm

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<at> rogers <dot> com> says...

> I have a Fuval 404 that is just over a year old. I had to replace the
> impeller and impeller cover. The problem is that I am getting a small
> amount of leaking around the handles so I replaced the motor housing O-ring.
> Because of this it is not working.
>
> Any suggestions.
>
>

Are you piping CO2 into the intake? The carbonic acid attacks the seals
and causes cracks and such in about a years time.

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Posted by Lobsang Mack on March 31, 2005, 5:01 pm

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Thanx for all the suggestions. One mean mother of an air lock someplace.
Once I got it running it now works like a dream.

> <at> rogers <dot> com> says...

>> I have a Fuval 404 that is just over a year old. I had to replace the
>> impeller and impeller cover. The problem is that I am getting a small
>> amount of leaking around the handles so I replaced the motor housing
>> O-ring.
>> Because of this it is not working.
>>
>> Any suggestions.
>>
>>

>
> Are you piping CO2 into the intake? The carbonic acid attacks the seals
> and causes cracks and such in about a years time.
>
> --
> Jim Anderson
> ( 8(|) To email me just pull my_finger

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