Recent content by chriswill

O-ring was fine. Brand new product. I’m not sure the extra lube was needed. It was more an issue of the factory torquing the screws down too much…and I did at first too and in my first lube attempt.

Just wanted to let everyone know how this problem was finally resolved. All I ended up doing was to take the valve lid/cover off, applied a liberal amount of lube and then resealed the lid. When tightened the lid on the valve, I alternated the tightening of the screws using the star approach...

Did the lug nut tightening procedure as that is well discussed and common sense. Then, starting at slightly snug, I turned the flow on and proceeded to further tighten them hoping to see the dripping stop. I’m now at very snug and am still leaking. Be happy to try the after market o-rings but...

Hey all, just finished doing the plumbing to accommodate a solar loop and had to install a check valve coming off the filter to prevent backflow to the pool when pumps are off. So weird thing is that the check valve leaks through the cover -- as in through several of the 8 screws and in between...