Help me with the Eheim 2215 (too noisy)

[Sf1]

Hi,

My new Eheim 2215 is too noisy.

There is probably 1 reason:

1. The impeller has some holes (or crack) inside.


I attached a photo, can you please confirm me if it't real defect? Or it's normal?

I need to know that to claim this to the store (Eheim itself don't even answer on messages, like always).

Thanks

 

[Cynic]

Can you describe the noise?

 

[Sf1]

Rattle, vibration from the filter head even if all air was eliminated and everything was lubricated.

 

[P220]

I looked at my spare impeller, and the inside of it looks perfectly smooth, so yours might be defective. Also, my eheim wasn't perfectly silent, until after a few days, when it built a 'slime' coat on it... but it was making more of a humming noise, no rattle/vibration.

 

[Slade]

Does the impeller shaft seat into the rubber bushings on both ends?

 

[Sf1]

I changed the impeller. Can somebody tell me please if the noise is OK?

Does the impeller shaft seat into the rubber bushings on both ends?

Yes.

 

[P220]

Were your c3's louder? They sounded louder. When mine's running, and you're standing really close to it focusing on it, it sounds like a very quiet fridge running. As long as there isn't any rattling or air noises, which i really couldn't hear, it sounds normal. And after a few days when it gets a 'slime coat', it should be quieter. My 2213 is just as quiet, if not more so, than my AC20

 

[Sf1]

So, the new impeller fixed the problem
Now it's silent. Very nice.

Water quality become much better in 30 min!

Were your c3's louder?

Right now (after NO/OFF 20 min) it become more silent. But yes, often they are loud.