Hi, bought a home last November with a 15 by 35 fiberglass 22,500 gallon pool. Found TFP for advice on water chemistry and have a sparkling clear pool. Problem I'm having is with the pump sucking air. There's been a few times basket runs full but most of the time it's not. I've looked all around lid and basket housing for leaks or cracks when I shut pump off and can't find anything. It's a 1 hp motor and sta-rite 240 sand filter. Impeller is clean. Any advice? Thanks
Pump sucking air
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Just did now thanks. Sometimes it will run full for 20 seconds and then fill with air.
Does it surge? That's a good sign your water level is too low, either because it's low in general or because the skimmer weir is sticking. Take a look inside the skimmer and check for a vortex. What happens is that the pump primes, gets going so well that it sucks the water out of the skimmer, loses prime, stops pumping, which allows skimmer to refill, it primes, gets going good.... and so on.
i have a simialar problem and they buried my lines back 12 ft to garage how did you find it?
The first thing to do is look everywhere else before you believe it's underground. It almost NEVER is. Have you read the Pool School article?
Yes I have and I’ve replaced cover o ring and hose end going into pump as well as flex sealed every spot from bottom of skimmer to wall of the filter
I tried the running water trick but no change I’m gonna try it again but extremely frustrasted