I recently purchased a home with a Hydro Swirl jet tub in the master bath. When we filled the tub and ran the jets, there was a lot of gunk coming from the jets. I looked in the small service side door but didn't see a filter of any kind. What's the best way to clean this tub so we can actually use the jets? Thanks!
SOURCE: I have a Mansfield, Swirl-way tub. Jets won't come
on mine water got behind the soft touch controll and corroded the connection see if there is green gunck on the phone like plug
SOURCE: Jetted bath tub has stopped working. Motor hums
I had this same problem on my tub, which uses a GE motor. I looked at the motor, and on one end (the end opposite where the water comes out) there is a hole in the middle. In that hole is the head of the shaft, which has a regular screw tip. Turning this turns the motor. I filled the tub, inserted a slotted regular screwdriver and turned it about 10 times clockwise, then 10 times counterclockwise. You should see the whole motor turn. Doing this loosened it up, and then it started.
Once it started, all kinds or residue came out, which was probably why it had stopped working. I hadn't used it for a while.
After getting it running I'm going to run some cleaning solution through it, and make sure I run it more often to prevent this in the future.
I'm not a professional, just a guy trying to fix his own tub. So take my advise with that grain of salt.
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is there an air button on the top of the tub? if so that is what you would turn the pump on/off with. give it a push and see. if you do have a button to push like that then make sure the air tubing is hooked up to the bottom of the air button and the other end is hooked to the air switch in the back of the motor.
if there is NO air button to push and just the logo on the top of the tub then you will need to fill the tub with water, get into the tub and then touch the logo. that would turn an older Swirlway tub on/off.
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see if the jet faces turn at all. Sometimes the jets are adjustable to allow more pressure from some jets.
turn the face of the jet and see what happens.
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