valve leak (is this normal?)

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When things dont work without a reason it bothers me and i cant sleep. So i have to tinker with it.

I got creative with the tissues and mopped fluid up.. ran it some and it was still leaking.

Then i changed back to a flat pump speed and recentered the valves (one was off by a hair with load in the bucket). Then i really wedged tissue whichever way i could to get as much fluid as i could.

Then i ran it for half an hour picking water out of a bowl (good practice) and could not see any significant accumulation of fluid. There is still some but not sure if fresh or left over. Certainly was not pooling like before within 3 minutes.

I cleaned whatever else i could and parked it for the night. Will report later if it leaks again... I am curious if the system just didn't like the variable speed (idle up if you will) and or if it was some sort of a settling issue. I hope its either and not a busted valve block. More good news, i have enough slack on all wires to cut and refit.

My head hurts now. Sorry for all the text but i think im the first one to run variable speed. If that turns to be it, it would be good to know.