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perhaps Doofy will save the day

From the sound of things there, I figured that he was promoted to upper management... :-(

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the three other systems use one pump for one furnace, plus a backup..... the problem pumps are used for two furnaces, with 2 backups.......

Seems that they should split the paired furnaces and use the "one pump per furnace" system. (unless I misunderstood something).

Maybe something got into the hydrolics plumbing and clogging it?