my house was build in 2010 before i got my septic tank pump everything was working really well. recently after getting it pump water started leaking out of the top of the septic tank lid which is made of concrete. there a gap between each side of the lid and i tried closing the lid by rotating it 360 degrees to see if it would fall back into place but will not. now every time water runs it would slowly come out of top of the septic tank. the drain field look like its running good still, since there are certain area on my lawn that grow much faster then others. just trying to get some thoughts and opinion on what i should do.

Hi ya'll, I did a quick search and didn't come up with much so I figured I'd just ask right out the gate. I've got a sump pump that from the moment I've moved in has been sketchy. Some times it works other times I have to manually bump it, but here goes. I'm not sure of the pump type as the previous installation has put it in a very awkward spot that requires damn near disassembling the basement to get to it but I will tell you what I've observed. It is a standard looking sump probably around 3000 gph, and it has an arm from the pump's switch to the tether. Now my float works great and the tether retracts and extends like it's supposed to but when the tether gets to the arm and pushes, it just seems like it doesn't have the "uumph" to activate it. I've remedied this problem for the time being with a coat hanger that I pull up on the arm with. When the water level drops the switch will almost always turn off at the right time to not air lock the pump (though I must admit some times it will stay on and I have to bump it with the hanger to turn it off). Just that alone seems to me to be an issue rust or something inhibiting the arm from moving properly. I've tried getting as close as I can and blasting it with some WD-40 but to no avail. Figured I'd ask some people who are more knowledgeable than me on the topic before tearing down my basement to get to the pump! Thanks for any help!