Fx6 Leaks - when not running..?

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Skurj

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Ok my Fx6 is less than a year old, I bought it on boxing day. Didn't actually put it into service until March. Today I opened it up for the first time. The cleaning went just lovely, no hiccups all good. Put it under the tank, siphoned water from the tank into the unit until it was fullish. Plugged it in and it fired up just fine. Then came the 1 minute shut down for burping. That's when the fitting for the IN (to the fx6 from the tank) started to leak. So long as the filter is running that fitting doesn't leak, it only leaks during the purging air cycle..

Anyone experience the same?
 
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Lepisosteus

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Skurj said:
Ok my Fx6 is less than a year old, I bought it on boxing day. Didn't actually put it into service until March. Today I opened it up for the first time. The cleaning went just lovely, no hiccups all good. Put it under the tank, siphoned water from the tank into the unit until it was fullish. Plugged it in and it fired up just fine. Then came the 1 minute shut down for burping. That's when the fitting for the IN (to the fx6 from the tank) started to leak. So long as the filter is running that fitting doesn't leak, it only leaks during the purging air cycle..

Anyone experience the same?
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Make sure that fitting is properly connected. Secure the hose to it with hose clamps, make sure the hose itself doesn't have a small hole. Fluvals use ribbed tubing which has a tendency to crack
 
rodger

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Lube the oring.

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Simcan

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simplest thing is just to ensure you have pushed it down hard enough that it clicks. same thing happened to me and that is all i goofed on; easy fix. let us know.
 
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Skurj

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Yeah the leak is definitely not the hose, its the plastic fitting. I was going to get new seals but first I will try some silicone grease on the originals.
 
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