04-08-2020, 03:41 AM
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Originally posted by Royall
Most of the time it is a leaking one-way inline valve. installed just before the pump is letting the water to move back towards the tank thus dropping pressure in the bladder.
Hey Royall! Thanks for the suggestion. I thought about that also, so yesterday I swapped out the brass inline check valve (at the pump) for a brand new one.
Last night, the pump cycled three times. I got up and checked everything (again)... toilets, sinks, hose bibs... nothing was running. Crawled under the house where most of the plumbing lines run looking for 5 gallons of water lying around but everything was bone dry.
Any other ideas? Could a poorly primed intake line back at the tank suck water back through a brand new check valve?
I’m really stumped.