Greetings gents. I just returned home from a week abroad. Much to my chagrin, my pool was a mess and the filter was not running.
1. Tree ship had made it past the skimmer basket and the filter basket. I backwashed and a ton of it came out.
2. The strainer at the pump has a ton of air in it. Say, the top two inches or so. It's constantly filled with swirling air. It works its way into the Hayward fliter and I have to bleed it out at the top.
What is the easiest way to find the source?
3. Water is leaking out from the inlet fitting on the pump. The previous owner placed super-goop all over it, so it must have leaked in the past. Does the first piece attached to pump housing thread in or is it simply a compression type fitting? It looks like I will have to diasssemble it to repair it. Since this inlet is under suction, could its leak be the source of the air?
Many thanks. I have a few other problems, but this appears to be the most pressing.
Have a great spring and many thanks for your help.
1. Tree ship had made it past the skimmer basket and the filter basket. I backwashed and a ton of it came out.
2. The strainer at the pump has a ton of air in it. Say, the top two inches or so. It's constantly filled with swirling air. It works its way into the Hayward fliter and I have to bleed it out at the top.
What is the easiest way to find the source?
3. Water is leaking out from the inlet fitting on the pump. The previous owner placed super-goop all over it, so it must have leaked in the past. Does the first piece attached to pump housing thread in or is it simply a compression type fitting? It looks like I will have to diasssemble it to repair it. Since this inlet is under suction, could its leak be the source of the air?
Many thanks. I have a few other problems, but this appears to be the most pressing.
Have a great spring and many thanks for your help.