Since I've owned my pool, motors have never lasted for very long. It seems that the seals are always letting water into the motor. I have a main motor and one that drives the Polaris. This year my main motor began to get loud. I removed it from the pump housing and unwired it so that I could get some oil into the bearing and quiet the thing down until I got a replacement. When I reinstalled it, however, it won't pump. It is a 220v. motor with a cap and starter contactors on the end of the shaft. Is it possible that the motor is running in reverse? Normally, it will empty the basket immediately. Now, it just spins and the water never leaves. This afternoon I will remove the end cover and check rotation. But I just wanted to know if it was possible for it to run in reverse, if for instance, I damaged something on the starter contactors.
