Losing water out of the backwash pipe...

[tjy23]

Hey y'all,

I have slowly been losing water out of my backwash pipe. I understand that this could be a problem with the spider gasket in the multiport valve. I took it apart today. I noticed that there is a small chip in the plastic inside the multiport valve (I have circled it in red in the picture below). Do you think that I need to replace the entire multiport valve because of this? Or can simply putting a new spider gasket in possibly solve this problem?

Thank you!

 

[kimkats]

Hi and welcome to TFP! I would just replace the gasket to start with. 9 times out of 10 that works. When you do get the new gasket installed make it a habit to only turn the handle in one direction. This helps the gasket last longer. I turn mine clockwise. I even used a white paint pen to draw an arrow to remind myself and any others that might do something with the equipment.

 

[tjy23]

Thank you for the reply! And thanks for the warm welcome! I am going to give it a try. I hope it works!!

 

[kimkats]

Please do a follow up so we can learn from you. How hard was it to replace and did it fix the problem. THANKS!

Kim

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Don't forget to only use PoolLube on gaskets....its a silicone product rather than a petroleum one.

Maddie