[SOLVED] Soap pump not pumping

[Monna]

replying to Steve, Monna wrote: Mine was a new pump but wouldn't work. I followed your advice and pumped it with both ends under water and it works now. Thank you.

[Mosey]

replying to Mike, Mosey wrote: I spent a week trying the other solutions without luck. I happened to have a can of spray aluminum lubricant and gave it a try. I let it sit in the pump overnight and the next day it worked better than like new. I'm so thrilled, thanks.

[Christopher Mitchell]

replying to Jen, Christopher Mitchell wrote: Ive had multiple failures on in-sink soap pumps. They've all had the same problem upon visual inspection..... There is rust coloration and debris in the base of the pumping unit. They stop pumping. Ill bet the the manufacturer got cheap springs that are not rust proof...... and thats the source. W-d40 or lubricants cant help with that except in the short run.

[Valerie M]

replying to Mike, Valerie M wrote: Thank you Mike, for The Very Best Fix to the pump dispenser not working problem. I went to many sites and everyone suggested the soaking method, and when all else failed, throw it out and get a new one. Mike was the only one to suggest that the seals had hardened and how to test for it. Like Jen, I used WD-40, sprayed it up the tube, pumped it a few times to get rid of the WD-40 and now it works like a charm. Thank you Mike! You really do ROCK!

[sjk]

replying to Mike, sjk wrote: Mike, you are a genius. Working now. unfortunately screwing the bottle back in the plastic from the part in the counter broke at the bottle connection. Will need to see if superglue holds it back together. But it is working on the other dispenser. Thanks again

[Tom]

replying to Mike, Tom wrote: Mike, I have two of the expensive grohe dispensers, less than one year old. One stopped working a couple of months ago and your wd-40 worked. The other stopped working two days ago. I found your instructions again on line. I washed the parts well and let them dry overnight. Then, I sprayed them with WD-40 silicone and re installed them. After a couple of pumps it works better than new. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. Yours was the only suggestion that made sense among those I found on line. I am surprised that Grohe does not make that suggestion easily available on their site. I wish you a Happy, Healthy and prosperous 2018

[Briana O]

replying to Mike, Briana O wrote: Hi there - thanks for this tip! Just to clarify, do I remove the straw from the pump and spray lubricant up the bottom of the pump - or keep straw attached and spray up the straw? Thanks!

[Kelly Rickard]

replying to Mike, Kelly Rickard wrote: I didn't have any actual petroleum lubricant on hand so...I tried Pam cooking spray. Guess what? IT ACTUALLY WORKED! Thank you Mike for the info and thank you to my redneck daddy for passing on some of that ingenuity! Lol

[Paul]

replying to Mike, Paul wrote: THANK YOU MIKE !!!!!! Sara and Paul August 2018 Took away the spout assembly, took away the "straw" and shot Jogaloo (all purpose lubricant) into every hole we could find, in the barrel of the pump stem, both in the up AND down positions. Washed it off, re-assembled the whole thing, Et Voila!!! (Fr) Mike strikes again ............With great thanks to you P &S

[Paul]

replying to Mike, Paul wrote: Took away the spout assembly, took away the "straw" and shot Jogaloo (all purpose lubricant) into every hole we could find, in the barrel of the pump stem, both in the up AND down positions. Washed it off, re-assembled the whole thing, Et Voila!!! (Fr) Mike strikes again ............With great thanks to you P & S

[Esther Massey]

replying to Mike, Esther Massey wrote: Mike my brand new pump will not pump through water or soap. What do you suggest?

[SALLY]

replying to Mike, SALLY wrote: Thanks, Mike. I used your suggestion about a year ago on my 3-year old Grohe, and it worked like a charm! It just stopped working again today and it took me a few minutes to find this advice, but now I plan to try this again. Thanks!

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[micky]

No. I'm not going to the web when Usenet works so much faster and more easily.

[JR]

I used the WD 40 tip on a Grohe pump that I had replaced only about a year ago that would only pump once before losing pressure. This seems to have fixed the problem.

[Just Bananas]

I just wanted to say THANK YOU!! so much. This totally worked for us. I used WD-40 on our pumping mechanism and it of course worked like a charm!