Last time I brewed my Chugger pump made the high pitched screeching noise which usually indicates that I need to replace the teflon washer on the impeller shaft. In another thread we had briefly discussed the need to disassemble pumps for cleaning. I always just run boiling water through my system both before and after each brew session with the occasional addition of PBW and a rinse.
@TomW expressed his opinion that my process wasn’t sufficient to clean the pump after he found gunk in his pump from another manufacturer. So I decided yesterday to remove the head from my pump, check the teflon washer and document it’s state of cleanliness. Here’s the boring video of that little exercise. You’ll notice my helper, Kingston got bored very early on and left me…