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I'm seeing little air bubbles through the looking glass on my pump and the glass on top of my sand filter. (Hayward super pump/ triton sand filter) They look like little sprite bubbles. I know this is air getting in on the suction side somewhere but I can't find it. I'v removed the looking...

My pool timer stopped working. It stopped turning. It is one of those 24hr round yellow timers. From what I've read online I think it is an Intermatic although I don't see the name on it anywhere. It sounds like it is still working. I can hear it buzzing but none of the gears are moving. I'm...

Just wanted to give a heads up. I replaced the whole multi port valve (the top part), put in a new spider gasket and the other little thin gasket around the top. The spring on my multi-port was shot and was over all in bad condition. So was the spider gasket. It took a little elbow grease to...

Do you mean put the handle btwn Rinse and Filter?

My multi-port is a Hayward SP-710. If that means anything. I've attached a photo of my setup. Can't attach bc of file limit. I got it figured out. Let me ask this one last question then I will try my fix. Could the spider gasket (or leak in the multi-port) be causing my sand filter to drain water?

ok. let's say the leak is coming from the multi-port valve somewhere. If it is a small leak will that cause most of the water from the sand filter to drain back in to the pool and maybe just a little out the waste line? I do keep seeing just a little water coming out the waste line. It is very...

Pump strainer basket is for sure full. No doubt. I can't be certain which pipes are draining. It sounds like all of them to be honest. I try to feel them and it feels like the waste one and the one that goes back into the pool. I don't see anything coming out of the waste and I don't really...

No check valves that I know of. The last thing I did before I noticed the issue was I vaccuumed to waste. The only other thing I know of is the little looking glass when you backwash. I don't know of any other valves. I have one right before the pump that I switch btwn skimmer and drain. But...

I checked the waste pipe and found just a little bit of water. Nothing major. Of course a little bit may be all it needs. My multi-port valve is not in the best of shape. If it is the gasket is that something hard to replace? Can I do that?

Jason, Thanks for all the information. One more question for you. Does it make sense that sand filter is filling back up and everything is running fine after about 2 hours? If air is getting into the system shouldn't it be getting in there when it's running? The pool is in the ground. so the...

If it is the pump strainer basket lid wouldn't the basket drain water too? The whole suction side of the system seems fine. When the pump starts running it looks like everything is fine. Could it be a leak underground? Even though I am not losing any water in the pool? It seems like it is...

I have a 1.5hp Hayward pump and a Triton sand filter. The sand filter is pretty big and has the clear bubble and pressure gauge on top so you can see the water in it. I just recently noticed that all the water in the sand filter is draining when the pump shuts off. When the pump turns on it has...