I am just starting on my swamp, 3 days in with the pump. Scooped most of the leaves before using the pump, spent a day vacuuming basket after basket of remaining leaves and pine needles. Everything going great and then I lost suction. I thought the impeller got clogged because I reached in and didn’t feel like it was moving freely. Took it apart and did not find it to be clogged and I turned the pump on and could see it spinning great. Put it back on the pool and put it on backwash, normal. Put it on rinse, normal. Put it on filter and the water just vibrated in the pump basket. Put my hand in front of the return and there was nothing returning to the pool. I put it on recirculate and nothing.
I have put nothing more than chlorine 10% in but have not started slam yet because I still have a lot of organics in the pool. The gauge is not working, I will replace it later on today.