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Thank you for replying! Yes, it is draining back, in that when I shut the pump off, I can hear water rushing out of the sand filter, and, sometimes, I see water coming back up through the skimmer baskets. I don't see any leaks in the multipart valve, but I haven't inspected the o-ring. I will...

Hello, We keeping having to prime our pump to start pulling in water almost every time we turn it on. This just started happening this summer. We have a Hayward sand filter that we installed brand new two years ago. We didn't open the pool last summer, but the summer before that, we only had to...

Thank you so much! This helps a great deal!

Hello, I want to replace my busted old DE filter with a sand filter. My in ground pool is about 31,000 gallons and I have a new Pentair Whisperflo 1 hp pump on it. The filter I'm considering buying is a Hayward 300 lb sand filter, but I'm concerned that my pump has too much GPM for the filter...