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Post  Tenbore Wed 11 Nov 2020, 1:56 pm

After about the tenth steam I now have water coming out between the pump ram and bore any suggestions on how to fix would be appreciated

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Post  lynnr Thu 12 Nov 2020, 1:06 pm

Hi

Sounds like the ram needs repacking
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Post  Tenbore Thu 12 Nov 2020, 3:28 pm

Hi Lynnr how do you mean ram needs packing do you mean the gland

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Post  Simon C Thu 12 Nov 2020, 6:08 pm

Hi Tenbore
As Lynn said it sounds like the pump gland needs repacking.
If you have run out of thread on the gland studs then you will need to remove the gland follower then put another ring of packing in before retightening the gland.
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