Had trouble a couple of weeks ago with my pump not priming itself. In a panic I bought an identical new shurflow. However when I took the top off my old one I could see nothing wrong with it, put it back together and it worked

Today I got to my first job and same again

Air lock that the pump couldn't cope with. Finally got it going (whilst the customer shouts out of his window "not today"

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When I got home I fitted my new one - this easily primed itself sucking through completely empty pipes and strainer and even ran at 3 instead of the usual 7 on the varistream.
Trouble is I can't hear the new one

Is it worth fitting a service kit to the old pump, bin it, or sell it to a newbie?