How to install airbleed tube in filter?

Jarwulf · Jul 19, 2015

Hi, I bought an NS 36 replacement filter for my Pentair DE stainless steel pool filter off amazon. When it shipped I got a new filter that looked like the one I'm going to replae but also a tube that I haven't seen before. It looks like this.

There is no obvious place to put it on the new filter assembly and I don't remember seeing anything like it in the old filter. Its an airbleed tube from what I can tell but there is no instructions or videos I can find of how or where to install it.

Mike1162 · Jul 20, 2015

They may have just two different style filters for all their filters & package them together. Check the parts list in the manual just to be sure.

JamesW · Jul 20, 2015

There should be a hole in the top of the manifold that it goes in. It goes in at about a 30 degree angle. There's a notch that lines up.

Jarwulf · Jul 21, 2015

JamesW said:
There should be a hole in the top of the manifold that it goes in. It goes in at about a 30 degree angle. There's a notch that lines up.

There is a notch that I didn't think would fit the tube. Does the thing just go in and then you put the steel filter cover over it or does it have to somehow be sticking out of the filter casing? I already have the little gauge with the nozzle that squirts out water on the top of the filter.

JamesW · Jul 21, 2015

Can you post a picture of the top of the manifold?

Jarwulf · Jul 25, 2015

Here is the manifold

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Here is the tube

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It seems to only want to go in loosely. I'm afraid it will detach and start banging around the filter. How should I put it in, in terms of orientation?

Jarwulf · Jul 25, 2015

should I just jam it in any way it will go?

JamesW · Jul 26, 2015

No, there's a ridge on the tube that lines up with a notch in the manifold hole.