Recent content by Guillaume

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    Oily water on top of pool cover

    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...
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    Oily water on top of pool cover

    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 ?
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    Oily water on top of pool cover

    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...
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    Oily water on top of pool cover

    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...
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    Filter head leaking on High or Closed

    @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.
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    Filter head leaking on High or Closed

    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...
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    Filter head leaking on High or Closed

    Thanks, that'd be great! I'll let you know the outcome.
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    Filter head leaking on High or Closed

    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...
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    Leak behind return jet assembly

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