maxijet and the stock venturi

silencio530

silencio530

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i got me a maxijet for a skimmer and the maxijet already incorporates a venturi on it
when i plug it in it shoots out water through what is suposed to be taking air in and making the bubbles
andy idea how to fix this its a maxijet 900
 
stanlalee

stanlalee

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you need this (maxi-jet venturi kit) which plugs into the intake side. It doesn't come with the maxijet, sold seperately (comes with the maxijets on seaclones). you can make one (basically a pipe attached to the intake side of the maxijet with an airline inserted. simular to below but on the intake side, not the output side).
http://www.***************.com/images/turbokit.jpg
this standard airline that the maxijet comes with on the output of the pump wont pull air into a skimmer, you have to draw air from the intake side before the propeller. you put ANY backpressure on the output (such as a skimmer or anything basically) and water is going to go back out thru that hole like your experiencing.
 
gmann1139

gmann1139

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As Stan said, yes, the Maxijet does come with a venturi kit for the outlet side of the pump.
In order to make it send air through the pump, an airline will need to be hooked up to the intake side instead.
The kit below is an example of that.
 
silencio530

silencio530

Member
i know that kit is only like 7 or 8 dollars but is there a diy diagram of one?...my day off is tomarrow only so i want to get this sea clone i got for free working untill i get me an octopus or other good skimmer
 
stanlalee

stanlalee

Active Member
basic sketch. simple to do. I would use smaller than 1/4" hose adapter since the maxijet inlet is pretty small to begin with. you can do all this with a dremel in 10-15 minutes
never mind the "r" missing in closer (damn if I was going to re edit)

hose adapter needs to go thru like so. you have to play around with how deep to put it in to see what works best. if in doubt put it at least halfway down inside the tube

and lastly make you angle cut the hose adapter going inside the tube like so with the angled cut FACING THE PROPELLER
 
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