When I rebuilt a sump pump, the directions were to use "dielectric oil". When I went to buy it, at Amesbury (MA) Industrial Supply, they handed me Mineral Oil. I would use that over vegetable oil.
May 14, 2011 Rating
ordered the caps by: Joe
To remove the "caulk" matter around the caps I used a dental scaler to remove a thin strip around the perimeter and gently pried up and the entire piece came out whole...just had to be careful feeding the power wire thru the hole..I then used jewelers needle nose pliers to gently break away the caulk as the other guy had mentioned 1 end of the 1st cap seemed to be corroded and came right out...I can't wait till the parts get here...hopefully the motor is not bad as there was some oil that had leaked out and water obviously got in...but nothing in the motor housing looks corroded...I'll come back and let you know how it all worked out and how I went about refilling...thanks again...this site has been really helpful
Sep 06, 2010 Rating
YOU R THE MAN!!!!! by: Chris from NY
Just wanted to add my own experience. I took your advice and did the repair myself. I bought 4 capacitor on eBay for $6, it took me a while to buy them because I was trying to get exact replacement which was 680uf 63V and temp. 105C. I got 680uf 63V and 85C but it work great anyway. Couple of things I would like to add, I contact someone from a repair center for aquabot. He said you can use duct seal for replacing the epoxy to seal in and hold the capacitor in the motor cap and vegetable oil for replacement oil.
I use a caulking from Pep boy for sealing and insulating electrical wires $16.00 and the vegetable oil to add to the rest of the oil I save when I open the motor. It is really working better than before I believe. Thank for all your help and saving me a lot of money. I took picture of the capacitor hook up if I can add them to here I will if not I will add on my own page just to pass on the knowledge and keep up the sharing.
Jul 15, 2010 Rating
Awesome by: Alan
Thanks for the info, just finished replacing the caps on mine. It looked like a lead of one of the caps broke and so probably all four blew. They were obviously blown. Any ideas on filling the motor back with oil? Do they use a port on the top to fill? Thanks again for the idea, just saved me around 280 bucks!
Jun 06, 2010 Rating
Fix-it hall of famer! by: Curt
You da man!. Sorry...had to say it.
Several problems mentioned:
A heat gun should loosen the resin and the oil is SAE30 non-detergent or use compressor oil.
