Hello all, I am in the process of fixing some things on my pool and the Spa side has a stand-pipe with blower, the blower went bad - come to find out the check-valve went bad and siphon'd water into it. new unit on the way. Well prior to it going bad, there was always air blown into the spa when it was turned on before water would flow, I thought it was the air line doing it, well now that the air pipe is capped off waiting on the arrival of the new blower, and full of water. We turned on the spa side with heater and bubble were coming out. I went back to the plumbing and the inlet (side to the pump for clarity) is apparently letting air in somewhere as the pump had visible water in the basket and the filter had high pressure - bled the filter air and more got in. So we basically had an air-blown expierence without the blower..... and air line capped. I tried the normal slow pour of water over the joints and never observed a change.
Im looking for ideas on how to track down this leak - fyi - I did put the filter in bypass and the air still would not bleed from the pump. The pump is a 2hp and can easily clear the lines, so new air is getting in somewhere....
Im looking for ideas on how to track down this leak - fyi - I did put the filter in bypass and the air still would not bleed from the pump. The pump is a 2hp and can easily clear the lines, so new air is getting in somewhere....