Pentair Diverter 270056 Replacement

Just Chilling

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Jul 9, 2022
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Fort Lauderdale
I had an air leak from my diverter and once I opened it up I saw that one of the 2 small O-rings on the diverter stem was distorted. I changed all O-rings and now I have a terrible air leak when I close the spa and open the pool side. I opened the diverter again and now see that the gasket that goes around the 270056 diverter is coming apart on the bottom. Now I'm not sure why I would lose my pump prime but I am. Regardless before I order a new assembly I was wondering if they sell just the rectangular gasket since there are 2 screw that basically hold in it place.
 

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I had an air leak from my diverter and once I opened it up I saw that one of the 2 small O-rings on the diverter stem was distorted. I changed all O-rings and now I have a terrible air leak when I close the spa and open the pool side. I opened the diverter again and now see that the gasket that goes around the 270056 diverter is coming apart on the bottom. Now I'm not sure why I would lose my pump prime but I am. Regardless before I order a new assembly I was wondering if they sell just the rectangular gasket since there are 2 screw that basically hold in it place.
The diverters are no longer made that way. The gray body indicates that is an older valve that may even have Compool on the handle.
This should fit:
ATIE 270056 Diverter Assembly for Pentair ComPool 2 & 3-Way 2 to 2-1/2 CPVC
Its on eBay.
 
Thanks 1poolman1, I'll check it out because the Teflon type coating on the gasket is what was coming off. I also just realized why I was losing my pump prime. I had the skimmer diverter open along with the pool drain and vacuum and the water level was too low so it was sucking air. When I had the spa open it cut off the skimmer and pool drain vacuum so that's why I had no issues before. When I have the pool drain and vacuum on I usually have the skimmer off when the water is low but since I was testing everything after installing all new O-rings in my 8 diverters I wasn't thinking about the water level.
 
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