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I've got a similar issue to this one, but has progressed to worse. I've tried removing two broken eyeball fittings and both easily crumbled. I tried using one of the crappy plastic fitting removal tools to get out the rest, but it appears that some genius cemented the threads. I tried to chisel...

Well I've found some of the leak. It was around the inlet to the pump basket. The shaving cream method helped a lot as the leak was on the bottom. I still have some air coming in, but not sure where, maybe under ground, but I don't think it is bad enough to dig for it. The pump basket is filled...

Yeah, to clean the bottom outlet for the skimmer I've just been stirring up the sand so it will get sucked into the filter when I turn it on, but every time I vacuum the pool I get a load of sand in there again. I don't like that the skimmer uses the side port instead of the bottom one. It also...

The o-ring on the pump basket has been replaced and lubed. I also cleaned and lubed the impeller housing seal as it was looking mighty dirty. I've never opened the drain plug (I'm assuming you mean the one underneath the pump basket?) and noticed today that it is a bit corroded, but completely...

OK so I spent a while running water over the various connections on the pump and couldn't see or hear any suction. I could probably spend a life time and not find anything. So I'm leaning more toward re-sealing the connections on the pump intake and discharge. But since that is a bit of a...

There's only one skimmer/vacuum line. I've been looking for the air leak but haven't found it. I'll try more this week. I'm imagining that more air is being drawn into the system when I'm using the vacuum and it is getting leaves in it which is reducing the flow of the water and sucking more...

Thanks for the quick reply. I forgot to mention that I also get persistent bubbles when running the filter (not vacuuming). They are pretty minimal, but never seem to go away. I've replaced all of the O-rings and everything seems to be sealed as the water level never goes down in the pump basket...

Hello! I've just started taking care of my first in-ground pool. It is shaped like a figure 8 or a guitar and I estimate the volume to be 18,000 gallons. I can't get all of the air out of the pump basket and when vacuuming it easily loses pressure and needs to be re-primed. I also cannot seem...