I had no air leaks until I first vacuumed the pool, that's when it started. It's very small causes small spurts of air from returns, almost enough to not worry about, I thought it was just removing the little bit of air I introduced joining the full of water vaccum line to the skimmer input. I plan to re-silicone/lubricate the o-ring on the pump strainer lid. That lid was on there pretty darn tight and I had to use a strong amount of force to unscrew it.
But I noticed a VERY small leak of water around the main pump return line. The junction right above the pump output. If water can get out, air can get in. Pool store said - something that small, just put some plumber's putty around the union.
Thoughts on this or should I get in there and disassemble/check the junction. There are air bubbles in my pump strainer basket which is why I'm starting there. Shouldn't that be air free?
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FIXED!!!!!!!
Took pump strainer basket out, cleaned the heck out of it (wasn't really dirty)
Scrubbed down pump basket mate top to lid
Removed O-ring from pump basket lid, scrubbed the heck out of it, inspected=looked good, lubed that o-ring up
Scrubbed the pump lid o-ring area
All this scrubbing was with paper towels only to not damage the o-ring or it's mating surfaces. Who say's SCUBA isn't valuable. Leak was from pump filter input lid, once I got that seal pristine, no more trouble.
But I noticed a VERY small leak of water around the main pump return line. The junction right above the pump output. If water can get out, air can get in. Pool store said - something that small, just put some plumber's putty around the union.
Thoughts on this or should I get in there and disassemble/check the junction. There are air bubbles in my pump strainer basket which is why I'm starting there. Shouldn't that be air free?
-edit-
FIXED!!!!!!!
Took pump strainer basket out, cleaned the heck out of it (wasn't really dirty)
Scrubbed down pump basket mate top to lid
Removed O-ring from pump basket lid, scrubbed the heck out of it, inspected=looked good, lubed that o-ring up
Scrubbed the pump lid o-ring area
All this scrubbing was with paper towels only to not damage the o-ring or it's mating surfaces. Who say's SCUBA isn't valuable. Leak was from pump filter input lid, once I got that seal pristine, no more trouble.