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The filter was cleaned by a professional at the end of the season last year. After I opened the pool, I made the mistake of adding only 4 lbs of DE. So, I opened the filter and hosed it down. Then, I added 7.5 lbs of DE which is the manufacturer's recommendation. But since the pool is not...

That's my thought also. Something between the filter and the SWCG. Plus, there is quite a bit of noise of something moving around when I start the pump. I'm not sure how to find it and clean it though. Some of these pipes have a lot of elbows.

The gauge at 30psi is in filter mode. However, there is no flow in recirculate mode either, when the filter is bypassed. That tells me it's not the filter.

I tried inserting the water hose into the pipe openings in the pump basket towards the pool. If I keep only one skimmer valve open, I see water bubbling up the skimmer. That works for both skimmers. If I keep only the valve for the bottom drains open, I don't see anything, but maybe it's too...

I disconnected the salt chlorine generator to look at the water flow in the return pipes (between the pump and the ground). The flow is pretty low, definitely not 30 gal/min as it should be.

The pool store changed the motor. I reconnected the motor + impeller + diffuser part back to the pump basket + casing part. It's only 4 bolts.

This is an inground pool, the pipes are long. Don't I need a lot of pressure from my garden hose to send water all the way back to the skimmer?

The valve looks ok, it's not that hard to move around. Here are some pictures. How can I test it? Can I send some water to the different pipes coming out of it?

In filter mode, it says 30 psi. In recirculate mode, it says 0 psi, but that's normal, right?

I did. But if there is no flow in recirculate, doesn't that rule out the filter? Doesn't recirculate bypass the filter?

Texas Splash: Yes, 2 skimmers (2 holes? not really, one is a hole, but the other is not really a hole, is it?), 2 drains in the deep end. I don't have a spa, I have a poor man spa, a seat with some jets there. On the return, the first two lines go to the seat, then there is a valve that I can...

See picture of the setup below.