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| Posted | leaking eheim seal, any ideas to stop it. |
| 16-05-2006 23:26 by tony mcculloch |
hello. does anyone have any ideas of how to stop the external filter leaking. its been running fine for several days without problems, decided to set it up in the tank tonight and it started to leak around the seal, the seal seems fine, its not old and its not damaged??? cheers |
| 17-05-2006 00:11 by robert.pope |
what filter is it ?
if its a canister filter with the outlet near the bottom give the conector a turn and tighten it up..i had this leaking with a eheime 2213 from new... on my fluval 304 i have found its best to wet and stretch the rubber seal to get a good clean seal .... sory i dont use the new big square eheime's so cant comment on them! cheers rob |
| 17-05-2006 00:16 by tony mcculloch |
cheers robert. its the eheim pro 2, it was leaking at the seal mate but I think Iv'e sorted it. put the seal in some boiled water and it seems to have sorted it *I really do hope so* dont you just hate it when things go wrong at night????? If I didn't sort it I think the fish would have been dead by morning. thanks again bud for the reply stress levels back to normal now!!! |
| 17-05-2006 00:18 by robert.pope |
i would open the filter and make sure the seal is sitting nice ...i would check that no filter wool or the like are traped in rubber
then try again |
| 17-05-2006 00:19 by robert.pope |
no worrys tony........you might do the same for me in the future ....its what this fourm is for
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| 17-05-2006 00:22 by tony mcculloch |
good stuff |
| 17-05-2006 09:00 by stevebrillo |
i had the same thing happen on the 2229 bit of vaseline re fit and good as ...
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| 17-05-2006 09:03 by D.R. |
It would be good to order in new O-rings for the connectors just as a back up, plus PTFE plumbers tape for the threads wouldnt go a miss. Had a similar problem with an Eheim - it came with spare connectors, I changed them over and problem solved |
| 17-05-2006 10:47 by tony mcculloch |
will keep that in mind! alls well this morning, no more leaks, but waters a bit on the cloudy side, will do some tests in a bit. cheers all. |
| 17-05-2006 15:02 by wymcot |
Tony - as stevebrillo suggests, take the seal out, clean it, and rub some vaseline around it. Also use a cotton bud to clean the groove the seal sits in.
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| 17-05-2006 18:51 by tony mcculloch |
I did all that bud, but I used butter! didnt know about the vaseline at the time. what a scare it was, was more worried as thought the bacteria may have died off, but its cleared now and have done a water change. will e-mail you in a while as want some advice. cheers |
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