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well you guessed it!!! after taking the night off to calm my jangled nerves. I went out this morning and spoted it right away. I had the return going to the pump port and he pump to the return......guess its true what they say,if your car wont start, your probably out of gas!!!!! thanks to...

I double checked the hookups and they are all fine. It would be hard to screw this up since they are labeled right on the multiport. But I did check it again and everything is as it should be.

ok so im hoping someone can chime in here cause I'm really lost.....I took the spring out of the vari-flo valve thinking it was the problem. When i got to the pool store to buy a replacement the guy working behind the counter thought the spring looked ok and asked if i had glued my spider gasket...

the first time i put it all back together i did forget to do just that. However i have taken the multi port apart 3 times now just to make sure that the spider gasket is seating ok and on those occasions i have cleared all return lines.... To further my previous post, I have taken the top off...

I'm assuming that a broken spring would be obvious when i have the multi-port top off....When assembled, the unit functions normally (handle has resistance) the filter seems to work fine in all other functions i.e. backwash, recirc. etc...As far as not being assembled properly, I didn't take the...

Hi everyone, I have an older Hayward sand filter that I picked up used to run on my intex agp. I got it all plumbed up and running for yesterday and noticed that i had a bit of a leak out of the backwash port while it was filtering. After a little research, I figured it was the spider gasket...

Sorry for the delay here are my numbers. FC 5.7 TC 6 CC 0.3 PH 8.05 TA 135 CYA 10 I have been adding bleach a couple times daily to maintain about 10-12 (using the test strips while I wait for my test kit). Overnight, I dont seem to lose much, if anything. I am also floating a sock with...

Hi everyone, I just found this site and think its a great resource. My wife and I purchased our first pool for my daughters 4th birthday. Nothing fancy, just a simple Intex metal frame 14'x42". Its our first pool and I am very excited cause i know more than once, I will find myself floating...