House water problem

[Tim Hannink]

I replaced the original house water pump and the sink cabinet bottom
yesterday and everything seems to be working fine, I get lots of
water
pressure. The question I have is this: there is a clear mesh type
filter that is on the inlet side of the pump and it has some water in
it but is not full and the pump sounds like it is sucking air. It
will
eventually shut itself off.

It looks like the inlet filter connects to the tank via the sporlan
valve. I would assume that it should be full of water since it is at
the same level as the bottom of the water tank. No water came out of
the hoses when I removed the old pump either. I will be checking out
the sporlan valve tonight, but if it was stuck, why would I get any
water?

Thanks.

TJ Hannink
Winter Park, FL
198 FC-33SB