Recent content by Guillaume

Hi all, just to confirm my pump is oil-filled and hence the logical explanation is indeed that it leaked (and it also stopped working at the same time ). Since it's Sunday and I wanted to open the pool I ended up emptying the cover by hand with buckets (and my son's help). The pump model is...

Many thanks all, I'll check tomorrow if I the pump has leaked and if I can refill it, or buy a new one. I was really confused! Any recommendation for a new one ?

Well in that case it could be that. It's more of a sheen after looking again , but I didn't imagine such a small pump could cause that. It's a little giant submersible pump bought at Leslie 7 years ago. It now goes for $200! Would it be safe to buy another pump then and resume the removal of...

Hi all, today I have the most strange experience when opening the pool. My trusted little cover pump was working fine and i moved it to a different area of the cover . It quickly stopped working and we were shocked to see the water there was full of oil and giving off this rainbow color on top...

@duraleigh I saw in another thread that the Vari-FLo XL valve didn't have a gasket as such, which confirms what I thought earlier. Do you see any issue in the pictures I've posted? Now the problem has disappeared when running on "High", but still interested in your opinion.

I've disassembled the multi port valve (Hayward Var-flo XL) and didn't find any damage to the spider gasket. Please see the photos, it looked like the gasket was more like caulking than a removable part. After re-assembling the leak was gone... Well at least now I "know" how to disassemble a...

Thanks, that'd be great! I'll let you know the outcome.

Hi there, Currently opening the pool and the backwash exit of my filter is leaking water when the pump is running on "high", or when I set it in position "Closed". Yesterday I opened the filter to examine it and didn't find anything out of the ordinary. I tightened it better and it seemed to...

Thanks Decoy205, that makes sense. I didn't know about the need to replace the gasket so often.