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Cause
Solution
Closing clips not closed
properly.
Close all clips properly.
Sealing areas or gasket
soiled.
Clean seal areas and spray lightly with EHEIM-silicon grease spray
Order No. 4001000.
Sealing ring not tted,
inserted wrongly or
damaged.
Insert sealing ring correctly or renew.
...Top of lter leaks
Cause
Solution
Pre-lter ap in pre-lternot
closed.
Check the pre-lter ap for pollution and, if required, clean it. The
pre-lter ap must be unobstructed.
Prelter is lled with water. Empty prelter and repeat priming. Priming only works when the
prelter is empty.
...Primer does not work
Cause
Solution
Safety adapter lever position
not correct.
Check lever setting and adjust.
Safety adapter soiled. Remove safety adapter; open shut-off lever and clean openings with
cleaning brush (Order No. 4005570).
Hose installation. Check that there are no kinks or marked narrowing of cross-section.
...Filter performance has greatly deteriorated
Hose installation soiled Clean hose installation at regular intervals by drawing a universal
cleaning brush (Order No. 4005570) through the suction channels
and pressure channel or suction pipes and nozzle tube.
Only one suction pipe is
lled with water
Squeeze the suction pipe that is lled with water
together with your ngers until the other suction pipe
has lled with water.
Strainer blocked.
Remove coarse dirt, clean strainer.
Filter media heavily soiled. Clean lter media.
Filter media lled into a net
bag.
Never put long-term lter media in net bags or nylon stockings. This
leads to a drastic reduction in pump performance within a short time.
Filter media not cleaned
properly.
When cleaning, remove the lter media from the lter media basket
and rinse through with lukewarm water.
Filter media wrongly
assembled.
Check that lter media have been assembled in the recommended
layers for ltering. Fill bottom lter insert to just under edge with
EHEIM MECH. Fill next two lter inserts with SUBSTRAT, also to just
under edge. Never place white lter pad under the handle.
Filter pad inserted wrongly. After inserting the top lter insert, push in the handle and lay the
white lter pad on top.