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Thank you for the reply. I was afraid I may need to replace the motor which is a bummer since I just purchased this one a few months ago. I bought it from pool supply unlimited. It is a direct replacement for the original motor so should be good. I'll go ahead and take it back apart a bit...

Good morning all. Hopefully you all can lead me in the right direction once again. Background- around January the motor on my pump failed. Bought a new motor and installed it with no issue. In March, we went on vacation for a week and came back to the pump running really loud. Checked and...

This is the jet that has the most pressure. I'm not sure what type of eyeball would fit that. There are threads inside there. The rest of the returns do not look like this one.

Ok. It seems like the jet that has the hardest flow is not plumbed with the other jets in the pool. I plugged the jet on the opposite side and that forced water through the jet down the line from it. I then plugged that one and it forced water through the jet that hasn't been working. So the...

I fixed the suction side leak!!! I also fixed the jandy valve leak. The pump is running much better now. I was pretty intimidated by fixing the plumbing so I'm pretty happy. That said, the 2 jets that were not previously working are still not producing water. I guess the next step is to...

Just a quick follow up question. I'm getting ready to start with my plumbing repair. I'm going to so the suction side first. Do I need that union between the pump and valve or is it OK to just take the 2" pipe from the valve to the pump? I have the unions that will connect to the pump so the...

Ok. I purchased the unions for the pool equipment. I'm 90% sure I'm going to redo the plumbing and fix up the entire pad, so now I'm planning and starting to rder some of the supplies so they'll be here during my vacation week. One area I'm not certain on regarding the plumbing is the...

Thank you!!!! I'll definitely order those and I also read through the pvc pool school. I do have a question though regarding pvc pipe size. Would it be beneficial to use 2" pipe all around when redoing? Also would you recommend replacing all the jandy valves as well?

Ok. So here are the photos of the "pad" You can clearly see the plastic bag wrapped around the suction line plumbing. The entire area is a mess. I'm off for a week in March and am considering just redoing the entire area. Basically clean the leaves, lay some gravel around the pipes and...

I went out this morning for 5 minutes before it starts raining and my day gets too busy. I didnt put the plugs in yet but inspected the sanction side plumbing some more. There is 100% a leak. I turned the pump off and got down and was looking at the plumbing leading into the pump and heard...

The plugs showed up today but of course I was out most of the day and didn't get a chance to mess with them yet. Unfortunately, it's also suppose to rain most of the day tomorrow, so I'm not sure I'll get to test them out. I did notice a few potential plumbing issues on my pad. Looks like...

I apologize. I tried to post them originally but the size was too big. I'll fix that going forward. I went out and messed with the valves again to see what happens. If I close the valve for the one with the most force I got a few bubbles out of each dead return but did not get anything that...

I posted 2 pictures of the pad on the original post. They should be on the IMGUR link. Let me know if they aren't showing and I can try and repost.

I'll definitely buy the plugs and try them. Let's say I plug a return and confirm the non functioning return works. If there are no other valves on the pad other than what I've messed with, what would that indicate? Is it possible my pump is not big enough? Or could I have another plumbing issue?

I went out and stuck my hand in the water... very cold, lol... and covered each return with my hand to just see what would happen. The one that has the most pressure didn't seem to change anything when covered, but it's also hard to get a good seal with my hand b/c it has a lot coming out of...

no eyeballs just open end at the pool. I actually bought screw on eyeballs towards the end of the swim season and then realized there was no way to attach them. There are no capped off pipes at the equipment pad. That's what made me start to wonder if they were actually return lines or not...

Background - We bought a new home a little over a year ago and had a pool. Pool was built in the 80s. This is my first experience as a pool owner. Initially had a company come out and check everything. The first gentlemen seemed very knowledgeable. Said we were ready to start service and...

yeah. thanks to everyone who posted in this thread I came out of this pretty much with no issues. Had the return pipe that froze but it thawed and everything appears to be running fine now.

I'm in dallas. I goofed and forgot the run my pump 24/7. This morning had a sheet of ice on the pool and the pump was frozen. I was able to defrost the pump with warm water. But i think the pipes leading to the return are frozen. I ended up draining the pump and the filter and did my best to...

There is the equipment. I went ahead and drained the pump and filter. I think you're right and the return pipe is frozen. Not sure there is anything I'm going to be able to do for it at this point. But open to suggestions

I took the filter apart and there was a little ice at the top but not much. I put it back together and still have the same issue. I was hoping maybe it was frozen in there and that would explain it. I ran the backwash and the skimmers were sucking the water in. I tried it on filter again...