Originally Posted by Peter J
Bodge Failure...

We have a garden pond with a number of Koi, a legacy from one of my son's passing fads...
Koi produce a lot of sh*t so a pond filter is needed, and thus a pond pump.
The pump has been running slow of late, I have stripped it down and cleared it on a 3 weekly basis, until today, when it stopped.

Repeating the cleaning cycle achieved nothing, so I pulled the impeller off to get at the motor.
Top bearing totally shot, corroded.

So, £159.00 later.....a new pump.
So, Bodge Failure!



£159....... I would have been posting how battered Koi tastes.

BR
Colin (not really as I kept several tanks of tropical for years. 😂)

Last edited by Spanner Juggler; 19/07/20 06:35 PM.
BR Colin
Who used to be a Spanner Juggler