Rio Pumps

[Bogg]

i've got a rio on my skimmer temporarily, and the thing won't restart unless i bang it up against the glass.

LOL I remember doing that!.

[tom619]

.....not sure. usually hitting it works. lol
for my whisper, i pull up the impeller then put it back in and it works.

so does that mean it needs a new impeller or what?

[slafer]

Ive used rio's for over a year with out an incident. I have have heard similar complaints about the pump destroying a tank due to the oil that it leaked on the older models. That issue should have been cleared up with its magnetic motor, which sounds like direct drive although the manufacturer doesn't use the term "direct drive". From my understanding they switched motors 2 years ago. And I haven't heard any complaints from the new models.