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I tried that this afternoon with the drain king tool, which adds considerable pressure to the water line and still no luck. I am currently re-lubing my gate & check valves and plan on resealing my pump unions. I noticed a leak, when I removed the pump basket drain plug and a broken gasket...

Plenty of water in pool, skimmer line clear, skimmer basket empty, pump basket empty, impeller port seems clear, filters are clean. It started a few weeks ago, I noticed the pool wasn't running when I got home from work (3:30pm). So, turn unit off and back on, start the hose and run prime...

It was difficult to tell what was going on standing in front of it!! The site wouldn't let me attach both the before & after pics on the post for some reason. The next pic is the re-plumb

I reconnected the drain and disconnected the ruined solar heating, I am still getting air, though not much. I recently discovered an inground "ortega"valve between the pool and the pump station. When I opened it up I noticed several obviously broken pieces, inside of the valve. My question is...

Basically I have replumbed the pump station

Here is the ortega valve and a shot of the pool itself. A lot of work put into that too. Well the site won't let me upload the other pics I'll try later

[ATTACH=CONFIG] have done alot of work on the plumbing of this pool. One of the last things to address and what I believe is the culprit behind a small suction loss and air draw at the pump is an ortega valve in the ground that I discovered in the landscaping behind the pool about half way...

Hello everyone, I became a pool owner a couple of years ago. I grew up in Southern California, when I was a teen, I helped my Dad every summer with his pool service business. I assisted him with a variety of repairs, installations and maintenance tasks. So when my family moved into our home...