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I tried to swap out the motor on my 16 year old Pentair Ultra-Flow pump but two of the bolts coming out of the seal plate which mount the motor are corroded onto the motor flange. Tried half a can of PB Blaster with not luck (still entertaining suggestions on how to get the old motor off). So...

When my pump is off my multi-port valve makes noise and the pump basket loses water over time. Last year I replaced the spider gasket because it was leaking a lot of water out the backwash port. Now it is still leaking (a drip at a time) enough to cause my pump basket to lose water. When I plug...

At one point I had quite a lot of bubbles in my pump basket. After new lid and drain plug o-rings there usually are only a few bubbles here and there. So, not so sure the problem is remedied. However, when running my Polaris 360 pressure side cleaner the bubbles are 100% gone. Any idea why...

When I opened my pool this year the CYA was undetectable with my K-2006. This was not surprising since I keep it low and the pool level was dropped substantially over the winter. So, I added 24 oz of CYA I had left over from last year. After a week there was no change in the reading. I’ve since...

We inherited our pool ten years ago. The equipment pad is elevated on an incline 15 ft. from the pool. The first year trying to use the timer the pump didn’t want to prime on its own. So, I’ve always just ran it 24/7. This year I decided to become more of a conservationist and use the timer for...

The night before I changed my spider valve my pool lost about six inches of water out the waste line in twelve hours. Now it still trickles a bit to the tune of about a quart in twelve hours. Do you think the spring is week? Any Ideas would be helpful.

I started a thread trying to sort out my leak. I've narrowed it down to the spider valve. So, I'm starting this thread to see if the experts think my gasket looks worn enough for replacement. It's a crappy picture so the tiny pieces of leaf at 11 o'clock and 3 o'clock look like gasket damage but...

Yesterday evening I let out some water using the waist setting since it was pouring down rain. This morning the level looked low compared to how much rain we got. So, I replenished some not thinking much about it. Just now I looked out and the level was a good 5-6" less than 12 hours ago and...

My CYA has been low and I have added 30 oz of conditioner so far. The last was just a couple of days ago. So, that application probably isn't reading yet. Yesterday morning my FC was 0. I added enough bleach to bring it to 4. At 1 pm the FC was 0 again. I elevated the FC 8.5 a dusk. Did an...

I think there might be some serious bug or the like stuff jammed into my gas regulator vent pipe. Doing my usual vacuuming and tapping didn't get everything. So, I tried getting at it with some thin wire. It seems I can feel a log jam of something in there. Is it safe to remove the vent for...

The other day I was letting some water out of the pool through the waste setting. After a few minutes there was clouding water coming out of the inlet jets. My initial thought was that DE was making it’s way back into the pool but none settled to the bottom. So, I’m thinking it must have been...

After my usual getting rid of cob webs, leaves etc. my 13 year old heater fire right up again this season. It easily ran for 12 hours and the water was warm. But it stopped with the Heat indicator light out and the service light on with the associated clicking noise. I did more cleaning the next...

We inherited our pool seven years ago but it's now 12 years old. I have my pool co. close it and I've been opening it up to now without any trouble. I opened it this year on May 12th but started with a green-brown mess. Did my usual 1 lbs. of shock (K-Mart trichloro-s-triazinetrione 53.5 %...