Skimmer leak?

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mumgoa

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Hello

Looks like I have a leak for sure:

1) Filled water last evening at 7 PM
2) Pump ran in cracked position (main + skimmer) for 1 hour this AM
3) At 6 AM, level was down an inch from 7 PM last night
4) Refilled water at 7 AM
3) At 2 PM, the level is down about 3/4 inch

The pump ha been off since 6 AM this morning so have lost 3/4 inch with pump off
I am assuming it is a skimmer leak.

Any tests I can do with pump on or off to narrow the problem down?

Thanks
 
mumgoa said:
I am assuming it is a skimmer leak.
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Why are you assuming that? Leaks can occur in any part of the plumbing.

If the pad is not wet, then it is likely underground somewhere and you might need a leak detection company to find it. You can try dye to see if it is getting sucked in near the skimmer somewhere.
 
Thanks

So it turned out to be a leak around one of the return jets based on a dye test which is now fixed. The skimmer dye test was good.

Now, Instead of losing more than an inch in 10 hours overnight, I lost less than 1/2 an inch in that period last night to Sunday morning

I turned the pump on for the last 5 hours and have not lost any water since then

Any tests I can do now to narrow down the issue?

Thanks
 
Thats still to much water lost. Do as i said above and you will narrow it down to pipe or liner issues. I would guess if no lost with pump on then you have a leak between the skimmer and pump. If so then once all the water is sucked from the ground you will start to see air in the basket.
 
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