For any teams that run a dry sump with screens over the scavenge pickups, how did you retain the screens? We’ve got a few ideas (welding, bolts, grooves with wire, adhesive, etc) but would love some more info on tried and true solutions if you’re willing to share.
Have you upgraded your Duratec 2.0 to a dry sump? I'm wondering how tough it is.
Hi everyone. My team are looking to implement a dry sump for the first time in several years since changing over engines. I am trying to find a suitable pump to use but don’t know what kind of criteria I’m looking for. If any of you could tell me what pumps you currently use or how to look for the best pump for our car it would be greatly appreciated.
Our Basement has a horrible issue with flooding. We got a contractor to give us his opinion on what to do. He told us to put a sump pump in. He gave us a quote, my husband wanted to save some money so he told them if they could dig the hole and put the basin in he could do the rest. They contractors put it in the corner of the Basement near the wall that has the issue and laid a pipe along the leaking wall area that is supposed to collect water and send it to the pump. Before we could put the actual pump installed it rained really bad and the Basement flooded. My husband looked in the sump pump basin and it was dry. He said there should have been water in there and got mad saying the contractor must have put it in the wrong. I told him we should finish installing it, maybe it would fix the issue before we assume it's all wrong. But hes convinced it's installed wrong... should there have been water in the basin without the pump to suck it in?
I guess to explain more what they did:
They ripped up the concrete inside the basement only near the problem wall and put a perforated pipe there and cemented it back up. The pipe leads to the basin. My husband was planning on installing the pump along with a pipe that would be used to push the water out.
Also the walls are dry to touch, we dont see any cracks. The water comes in where the wall meets the floor on heavy rain days.
Exactly what the title says. Please help:)
Since we bought our house, the sump pumps have run regularly even with modest amounts of rain. Water was such an issue, that after some flooding, we eventually dug another pump pit and added two pumps to each pit for redundancy. About a month ago, I realized that the pumps werent running after a few days of rain - which was highly unusual. At the time, I thought the ground must have been very dry since it hadnt rained for a long time.
After 3 solid days of rain last week the pumps still werent running. I pulled the sump covers and noticed that one pit was bone dry and the other had a minimal amount of water on the bottom.
So...where the hell is the water going? Could the water table have possibly shifted? Without some plausible explanation, Im kind of concerned that this could lead to a very expensive problem.
Built a home in 2012 and sump pump would run 4/5 times a day with good rain or snow melt. Pit has basically gone dry even with rain and snow within the last year. Reasons for all of a sudden I’m not getting water from the drain tile into the pit? Where’s that water going?
We've been in our house (VA) for almost 10 years and the sump pit has almost always been dry. Lately the sump pump started turning on and the pit refills fairly rapidly once it's pumped out, with water flowing in pretty rapidly through the sidewall of the pit, not the drain tile pipe.
The water meter isn't running at all, so I'm trying to figure out where this new water is coming from. Pump discharge is taking the water 20 feet away from the house.
Does it make any sense that this is a once-in-10-year change in the ground water level? Or more likely a leaking main water line (passes in the same area near the sump pit)?
How else can I troubleshoot if I have a leak in the main water line?
Video of water inflow: https://imgur.com/a/l2G6BPH
In case anyone was wondering what happens when you overfill your dry sump.... it’s not a good time. I learned the hard way what not to do 😂😂. It’s also a good watch 👍🏽 dry sump
I have a sump installed in the lowest corner of my basement. During a storm today, water was seeping in through a crack in the wall about 8 feet away from the sump, but the sump and its inlet were completely dry. I'm assuming this means that the drain tile is clogged or collapsed somewhere. What's the best method to diagnose the issue? And if it's collapsed, does the whole drain tile system need to be replaced, or is it possible to just repair a section? Thanks.
