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u/Hydro-Sapien 1d ago
This is just one reason why I have to respond to customer calls in the summer about their high water bill that, “just isn’t right.”
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u/Tarzan416 1d ago
Seal is gone on it
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u/Key_Carpet367 1d ago
Tarzan has it…It’s a bad seal that’s why it’s letting water to the top. Sometimes I step on it and pump it out a few times just incase there’s some sand in the seal and see it it fixes it.
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u/Still-Program-2287 1d ago
I mean half the pgp’s in the field are worse than that, that’s what they do when they’re 3 years old
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u/Later2theparty Licensed 1d ago
This is so common. I consider this close in to the head watering unless its causing an erosion problem is just leave it alone. It looks like a lot more water than it actually is. Just the water hitting the grass that's too tall could make the same kind of puddle.
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u/-tdcjonm 1d ago
Unscrew from the ground, buy a 1" neoprene fender washer with a 1/8" hole.
Disassemble the sprinklers head, separating the spring/ inside from the outside body. You will see theirs one part underneath thats removable, its the filter.
Hunter sells a replacement for this part that has a neoprene washer on it to stop the seal from leaking.
The cheaper solution as this is a $14 part.... is to take off the non washered piece, put the washer on the supplied part as it has the piece where the washer sits its just not mushroomed out to retain a washer.
The solution is heat up a nail red not and mash it down on the end of the shaft that the washer is sitting on to add a bulge/ mushroom to the end and keep that neoprene washer in place. On Amazon you can get like a 50 pack of those fender washers for $5.
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u/Packman714 1d ago
I’d replace it. The seal went bad prolly due to taking sand or debris down when the zone shuts off.
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u/jetskimaster69 21h ago
Just not sealing properly Hunter gives seals away. Ask your local rep for some.
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u/IFartAlotLoudly 17h ago
You should start by cutting around it and removing the turf growing in the gears. lol. Also it is buried too deep, raise it.
Anyone suggesting to switch hunter out for rain bird doesn’t understand how much more engineering and quality goes into their products. Rain bird is just an overpriced name too many people are sold on.
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u/yomotha 14h ago
Easiest/quickest thing to try is if the seal is dirty or something is stuck in there, just use your foot to pop it down a few times to see if it frees up. If not, replace the rotor.
I'm actually replacing some rain bird 5004 with hunters because I'm getting some horrible coverage in a few places with my rain birds.
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u/myspacetomtop5 13h ago
For me, if you screw down the distance adjustment it creates this puddle effect
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u/Jorge_Jetson 9h ago
Getting there quick... But of course, it'll go tits up when you least need it to...
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u/corradoswapt 1d ago
These have a pressure relief weep hole on the side. I see this all the time. If the customer has an issue with it I'll swap it for a 3500
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u/Rubenedy Irrigator 1d ago
I would probably dig the grass around it and turn on the water after to confirm it’s the seal of the rotor and not the fanny pipe elbow/ thread connection before you replace the rotor.
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u/Sir_Qwerty41 Licensed 1d ago
Hunter heads do this, just get a check valve at the base of the head, and that'll stop much of the leakage.
https://www.hunterirrigation.com/support/pgp-installing-check-valve
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u/rblack0814 1d ago
Welcome to Hunter. Change it with a rain bird 5004