Since opening the pool this year ive noticed lower suction when vacuuming and my pump isnt fullt priming. I just got the pump installed last year and ive gone though trouble shooting and i couldnt find any leaks. I tried running the pool without the filter and that seemed to be the only way to get it to fully prime and get serious flow out of the pool jets. The filters atleast 3 years old. Could the filter be the actual issue causing the poor flow and priming, or is this a somewhat imaginary solution?
Can an old pool filter cause poor water flow?
- Thread starter Pete23
- Start date
- May 3, 2007
- 18,067
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
If the filter is getting clogged with algae, that would explain what you are seeing.
Have you done a OCLT?
What is the full speed filter pressure?
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Have you done a OCLT?
What is the full speed filter pressure?
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Pete,
I replaced my filter cartridges after 7 years, just because I got antsy.. and could not wait any longer. The new ones did not make enough of a difference to even notice.
The point being that I doubt is it a cartridge issue, but as Mark says above, you most likely have an algae issue, even if you can't see it yet.
Thanks,
Jim R.
I replaced my filter cartridges after 7 years, just because I got antsy.. and could not wait any longer. The new ones did not make enough of a difference to even notice.
The point being that I doubt is it a cartridge issue, but as Mark says above, you most likely have an algae issue, even if you can't see it yet.
Thanks,
Jim R.
