Could this be pump cavitation, did you make any changes to the navigator/suction side.
Noisy bubbly returns
- Thread starter EmilyOTR
- Start date
- Feb 15, 2017
- 766
- Pool Size
- 15000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
LOL, when I've tried to drive my navigator to aggressively it will cause bubbles to appear in my return lines.
This is the same principle of the bubbles that develop on a boat propeller.
This is the same principle of the bubbles that develop on a boat propeller.
- Feb 15, 2017
- 766
- Pool Size
- 15000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
- Feb 15, 2017
- 766
- Pool Size
- 15000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
So it seems like I fixed the pump basket water.
But my returns are still noisy and bubbly.
- Feb 15, 2017
- 766
- Pool Size
- 15000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
- Jun 22, 2014
- 52,045
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
What did you do?
- Feb 15, 2017
- 766
- Pool Size
- 15000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Well not sure. We opened the pump basket and cleaned out the o ring area. It had some small leafy stuff. Looked for anything unusual in there. Found nothing. Turned it back on, the pump was priming ( is that right?) realized it was time to backwash. So we did that too.
Outstanding!
It doesn't take much of a leak to really mess things up.
Consider something you've experienced: a bent drinking straw. Somehow it develops a hairline crack and you can't suck your drink. Now consider just how much water that pump is moving -- you had to have seen that massive flow when you backwashed. Even a blade of grass trapped between the lid and the O-ring can create problems.
Howdy... FWIW, I turned off the pump tonight to empty the basket strainer. Before I could open it up, I saw air bubbles entering from one of the cover's corners. Opened it and there was a tiny pebble mashed between the cover and gasket. That would certainly explain the bubbles I've been seeing for the past few days. Guess these things happen... and life goes on!
Nobody mentioned applying some silicone lube to the rubber gasket on the lid. That would be a good idea.