I went on a one week vacation. Left my teenage son in charge of the pool. Throughout the week, my son keeps telling me the pool is running fine.
I got home today and I see that the pump is running but the pump chamber is dry and there is no flow through the system. I let the pump cool down, restarted and the pump will no longer prime. It used to have enough power to pull water into the chamber and prime from empty. No longer. It does work if I completely fill it with a hose.
The pump also makes a slight squealing noise on start up but settles down once it runs for a few minutes.
It's a Pentair Superflo VS that I installed 2 months ago.
Any speculation on the damage done and how long I have left before I have to spend another $1000 on new pump? I suspect the pump has been running like that for at least 5 days.
I got home today and I see that the pump is running but the pump chamber is dry and there is no flow through the system. I let the pump cool down, restarted and the pump will no longer prime. It used to have enough power to pull water into the chamber and prime from empty. No longer. It does work if I completely fill it with a hose.
The pump also makes a slight squealing noise on start up but settles down once it runs for a few minutes.
It's a Pentair Superflo VS that I installed 2 months ago.
Any speculation on the damage done and how long I have left before I have to spend another $1000 on new pump? I suspect the pump has been running like that for at least 5 days.