I have the setup as noted below in my sig. Bought the house in Apriland it had the leak when I bought it. I was worried and called out a "pool guy" and he said not to worry about it! Yeah, OK. I've been working on it ever since when I think of something to try.
I have a lot of air in my pump basket when set in the following settings
1) Cleaner Full on On it's own Suction run
2) Drains shut off
3) Skimmer line shut down about 2/3-3/4 to run cleaner.
I changed the seal on the Pump Lid, changed all the o-rings in the 2 way suction side valves for the skimmer, cleaner, and drain lines.
Then I listened with a stethoscope and thought I found the problem. The line coming into the skimmer on pipe-valve junction seemed to have an air leak. I cleaned up the pipe and applied a big bead of JB water Weld all around the juncture. Still leaking and I swear that valve still sounds funny.
I also listed to the drain stopcock on the pump volute and it's quiet. I listened all around with a stethoscope which caused me to start evaluation of the skimmer circuit. I was assuming it was the cleaner line before that, because I only saw the problem when I ran the cleaner. But In reality, I only see the problem when I close down the skimmer line valve to run the cleaner.
So I just did another experiment that is telling me something, I just don't know for sure what.
I took the cleaner loose from the wall of the pool so that the cleaner line will be unobstructed.
I made sure the drain was closed and the skimmer and cleaner valves are wide open. No leak basically and the cleaner and skimmer valves are quiet to listen to them.
I closed the cleaner valve about 3/4 like I normally close the skimmer valve when I run the cleaner. No leak, everything groovy.
I then opened the cleaner valve and closed the skimmer valve like I'm trying to run the cleaner and the air bubbles rush in.
I really don't want to replace the valve if that's not the problem, but I don't know where else it could be.
Anything else you folks can think of?
I have a lot of air in my pump basket when set in the following settings
1) Cleaner Full on On it's own Suction run
2) Drains shut off
3) Skimmer line shut down about 2/3-3/4 to run cleaner.
I changed the seal on the Pump Lid, changed all the o-rings in the 2 way suction side valves for the skimmer, cleaner, and drain lines.
Then I listened with a stethoscope and thought I found the problem. The line coming into the skimmer on pipe-valve junction seemed to have an air leak. I cleaned up the pipe and applied a big bead of JB water Weld all around the juncture. Still leaking and I swear that valve still sounds funny.
I also listed to the drain stopcock on the pump volute and it's quiet. I listened all around with a stethoscope which caused me to start evaluation of the skimmer circuit. I was assuming it was the cleaner line before that, because I only saw the problem when I ran the cleaner. But In reality, I only see the problem when I close down the skimmer line valve to run the cleaner.
So I just did another experiment that is telling me something, I just don't know for sure what.
I took the cleaner loose from the wall of the pool so that the cleaner line will be unobstructed.
I made sure the drain was closed and the skimmer and cleaner valves are wide open. No leak basically and the cleaner and skimmer valves are quiet to listen to them.
I closed the cleaner valve about 3/4 like I normally close the skimmer valve when I run the cleaner. No leak, everything groovy.
I then opened the cleaner valve and closed the skimmer valve like I'm trying to run the cleaner and the air bubbles rush in.
I really don't want to replace the valve if that's not the problem, but I don't know where else it could be.
Anything else you folks can think of?