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Also huge thanks to everyone responding!

Hmmmm yeah I bought everything from Home Depot. What’s the correct coupler I should use? When I first tested it didn’t prime at all but once I wrapped every joint in Saran Wrap it improved…..then when I removed all Saran Wrap it acted the same as the test with so 🤷‍♂️. Is there a special...

I lubed the 2 orings with veggie oil earlier as I didn’t have any pool lube. Bought some today. They are in good condition and used Saran Wrap to test for any suction leaks. I’m just at a loss. Hopefully I get to the bottom of this and my experience can help someone. Leaning more toward a...

Only valve above ground is the return lines. That’s my entire setup.

Aha. So either way it looks like I’ll be digging. Best next step is have someone with the right gear to pinpoint the leak so I can start digging?

That’s the only way I can get it to work as shown. Once the pump turns off the water drains out of the pump and the line clears. When my pool was empty I’d fill the pump and suction line as a test and it would drain but I wouldn’t see the water in the skimmer box as I’d expect. Which leads me...

Good Afternoon all! Been working with this issue for a while and coming back for more help before I have someone come out for a suction leak test. I posted two videos below if anyone can give me their thoughts on what could be going on. I replaced all the suction side plumbing above ground...

So bottom hole to pump, there’s a hole in the rear which is hard to see which is plugged and a hole in the front which connects to main drains.

Pretty sure it’s not flex pvc. My fear is a collapsed pipe...my water level doesn’t seem to drop though. Been trying to avoid having someone come out because I’m cheap and stubborn lol. I tried to find a picture of the skimmer I have but can’t find one. Seems I have an awkward skimmer to...

I can’t select between main drain or skimmer. The main drain has suction via the front port in the skimmer basket. Lemme see if I can post the skimmer I have or a pic.

Video of my pump. When I first turn it on after filling it up with water to prime it (there’s a small leak with the heater because of rusted connection on heater...may replace or just remove) it runs well for 5-1 seconds then psi drops to 0 and it looks like the video.

Just researched on a check valve and I don’t have anything like that above ground. Would doubt it would be plumbed under. So when I bought the house the pool was basically a swamp. The main drains were 100% clogged which I found out today. This leads me to believe there is a clog of sorts in...