Air in the line?

gdmacfarlane · 2025-04-30T21:06:16-0400

I opened the pool about a month ago and everything has been fine. Today, before my daughter and I went for a swim, I connected the vacuum to the skimmer to give the floor a quick clean. At the end of our swim, we noticed that the returns were spitting out air intermittently. I stopped the pump. Opened the pump. Cleaned the basket. Backwashed the filter. Hours later, every few minutes or so, there will be a sputter.

Any ideas?

HermanTX · 2025-04-30T22:32:18-0400

Is the pump basket completely full of water? No air in pump basket (at full speed)?
Air in a return usually means a suction side leak. Check the pump lid, drain plug on the pump.

There is an off chance that a small Leak could be on a return pipe and the flow is drawing in a small bit of air but I would focus on the suction side first.

Air in the line?

gdmacfarlane

HermanTX