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Over the past few months, I have noticed that my older polaris cleaner tail gets sucked or pulled into the main return, where it remains until I pull it out. It used to have a sponge on it and retainer, but has since disappeared into the return. Since I have owned the pool, the cleaner has never...

Anyone ever dealt with a stuck cartridge in the Sta-Rite System 3? The large one just won’t come out! Suggestion?

Our Hayward pool cleaner keeps getting hung up on either of the drains at the bottom. I thought it was because the leader hose that connects to it was cracked, but the same problem is still happening when I replaced the leader hose. It never got stuck in the first year we had it. Any advice?

Hi Folks, I've dropped in a retrofit Century variable speed motor (EVO 2.25hp) to replace a 13yr+ old single speed motor on my Sta-Rite pump. The kit included a new impeller, diffuser, seal. The problem I've been seeing is the pump won't start by itself unless an Allen key is first inserted...

My Polaris Legend is getting stuck frequently between the stools and the wall. The space between the stools and the wall is smaller than the width of the Polaris, but the cleaner wheels go up on the wall on one side and it gets itself wedged in and stuck. Will a robot cleaner be able to...

Hey all, just bought my first house and pool so trying to get up to speed with maintenance. Wanted to do a backwash but the handle was completely stuck. Used a tire iron to get more leverage and bent the brass handle :-( This is the filter I have: Pentair SMBW 4000 Series D.E. Filter with...

Racer gets stuck on curved step. The plastic nose protrusion contacts the vertical surface of the step keeping both tires just a fraction of an inch away from contacting the vertical step edge to drive the cleaner up and away. In reverse the back wheels slip off the horizontal step and the...

My Hayward EC65A DE filter's pressure gauge indicator needle has somehow become stuck below the metal pin at 0 psi, so it can't advance and register pressure. This is the 2nd time this has happened in the last few years (1st time I just replaced it with a spare from an old filter I had laying...