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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
Depending on whether or not you have had a little silt, sand that has gotten in from, say, an inadvertant run in with a sand bar where some sand got sucked into the intake, the exit hole can sometimes get a little clogged here and there. the little paper clip trick to quickly clean it out is a good thing to do here and there as the exit is usually a restricted location of the water from a tube of some sort.
If you clean it out and it is just sputtering...not really a stream of any sort, then that is a sign it might be time to change out, or at least give it a look-see...
Steve |