Repair of Leaking Canister Filter

[Desewer]

Hi all,

I have a Jebo 809 canister filter, with 5 trays, and output of 1200lph. Recently, just last week, I opened it to clean and replace the filter pads. Unfortunately after I was done and tried to run it, the filter leaked.

The leak came from the section where the main canister is joined to the powerhead assembly. I suspect that a gasket somewhere is broken, but I could not find the source of the leak.

Is there a shop somewhere that can help repair such a filter? Alternatively, does anyone have any suggestions what I can do to repair it?

Getting a new filter costs too much for me...

[budak]

I am not too sure, but you could try asking your LFS or search the web/yellow pages for the Jebo distributor or representative.... if your filter's problem can be resolved by changing a part, the distributor should (hopefully) have it and you could (hopefully again) bring it down for repair. But again, this could all just be hopeful thinking....

Anyway, when my 5-6 year old Eheim 2224 sprang a leak recently, I brought it down to Qian Hu, where they changed the inner rubber lining as well as the rubber cover for the impeller (total less than $20), and it's working as good as new. I suppose this is what it means to pay for quality (and after-sales service).

[Desewer]

Do you think it is possible for me to DIY the repairs? Someone had suggested that I buy a standard bicycle rubber tube, cut it carefully and fit it as a DIY gasket to prevent the leak.

[vinz]

If budget is a real problem, then try DIY first. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, the worse I think is it continues to leak.

[Goondoo]

[quote:143afd4d51="vinz"]If budget is a real problem, then try DIY first. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, the worse I think is it continues to leak.[/quote:143afd4d51]


Hmmm.... I once had a problem with leaking Atman callister too.... spent the whole night (since 8pm) trying to confirm the connections and finally gave up, rush down to C328 at about 1am and grab a ehiem pro.

I was so relieved after I got my new callister... got it fix up finally at about 3am (spent quite some time becos the tubing size is different). On my callister... Woolaaa..... ?!?!?! also leaking....

So I took out my callister and test it again using the 2 tube connect directly to the tank only, no skimmer, no rain bar, and it work perfectly!
I remember I clean up my External reactor too... so since it is the only place I cant see, I reopen it up and notice the incoming tube was push too deeply, choking the incoming, and the pressure built up with in the callister caused the leak.

Tested with my Atman again, it got no problem at all... now my 4x2x2 tank running on 2 external filter

[tawauboy]

[quote:e1a83f9286="Desewer"]Do you think it is possible for me to DIY the repairs? Someone had suggested that I buy a standard bicycle rubber tube, cut it carefully and fit it as a DIY gasket to prevent the leak.[/quote:e1a83f9286]

think it is easier said than done. bicycle inner tube is flat and circular while your filter is squarish. you'll have 'kinks' at the corners through which water will leak. also you may not be able to find a right sized bicycle inner tube.

try to extract the gasket. look for the gasket at the power head assembly. bring the gasket to lfs and look for a closest fit.