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    Main drain question / help needed

    Prime & air in the line is occurring when the pool is completely full. I haven't ran the pump in a week as the pool has emptied itself.
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    Main drain question / help needed

    Water is below the level of the return lines by feet, I wouldn't anticipate the loss after it dropped below their level. Plus wouldn't explain the loss of prime I have on my pump. I could see it in the main pump line from the drain however, it still has water getting to it and would explain the...
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    Main drain question / help needed

    For the last week, my 8k gallon vinyl lined pool has been leaking water like a sieve. As of this morning, the water is barely left in the shallow end and is down to a couple of feet within the deep end. Given the current water level, the water is below all known openings in the vinyl liner...
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    Pool Skimmer Help - A Pool Skimmer 101 Question

    Will plug this weekend. Liner is showing more wrinkling this year, and at 10 years old, wondering if its also not an issue with the liner as well? Know its in the middle of the lifespan of most liners, so thinking I'm looking at having to have lines pressure tested & a liner replacement. This...
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    Pool Skimmer Help - A Pool Skimmer 101 Question

    Water level has continued to drop. I bought some gel food coloring to do a at home dye test. Put in a fair amount, watching it slowly dilute as it dropped tot he bottom. Gave it some time, as as it disolved and diluted, it settled towards to the bottom, but was pulled down and around the main...
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    Pool Skimmer Help - A Pool Skimmer 101 Question

    Here's an image of my pool itself We had the pool "full" and running on Sunday. If you look at the water level now, two days later, you can see how much it has dropped in this next photo. On Sunday, the waterline on the skimmer was at the next to top screw mark on the skimmer face plate...
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    Pool Skimmer Help - A Pool Skimmer 101 Question

    To any that help out with this, thanks in advance. On my third year in running the pool at the house we bought, and continuing to have problems with the setup. I have air getting into my inlet side somewhere depriming the pump when not running, I'm currently losing 2-3 inches of water per day...
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    Help with a difficult to keep primed pump

    There is some at the top of it now, so will take a look and see what I can find. The bigger concerning factor for me right now is the large water drop after turning on the pool pump. Its more than just evaporation, but if the pump hasn't been running, we won't see the same level of water drop...
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    Help with a difficult to keep primed pump

    Thanks to any in advance for the help with the following We bought our house in 2012 with a pool in the back. Its an 8k gallon vinyl lined in-ground pool, 3/4 hp pump with a clean & clear cartridge filter. Unfortunately, the genius that designed it placed the pump & filter effectively one...