Hey folks, trying to troubleshoot a leak with the sunsun canister filter I bought awhile back. It’s leaking from the clip points. From what I have read, that means the normally dry parts of the canister head are takin o water. This is supported by the amount of water shed from the canister head when I remove it. My question is, other than the o-rings where the intake and output tubes plug in, is there any other place else where water could be improperly entering the head?
Some more info that might be useful — this happened suddenly after a filter change. When I went to re-seat the head, it was a little temperamental about locking into place, so I’m afraid I might’ve damaged something. I was REALLY fighting to prime it, so I took the head back off and reseated it and then it primed fine.
The impeller housing was pretty gunky and I’m not entirely sure how that plays into things, having been unable to find a good exploded diagram. All the O-rings (including the one around the impeller housing) seem to be still good and rubbery and patent, and I have a hard time imagining the this much water would be taking on this quickly from around the valves alone.
The filter seems to also be intermittently noisier than before, though that could just be my imagination.
Further complicating matters, the tank in question is at the home of someone I seem to most likely be going through a breakup with, so I’d really like to get what I need to tackle this from every possible angle all at once.
I’m tempted to just spend the $50 on another one, but if this can be solved with a few o-rings and some lubricant, that seems dumb.
(Mostly unrelated, the water’s been kinda cloudy since I set the thing back up (yesterday) and I did a complete water change in the tank. I suspect I might’ve just not rinsed the new carbon well enough. Is that possible, and if so, will it resolve itself? The carbon bag is running clear now.)