Pump not priming and surging

Jump to latest Follow Reply
P

PoolGuy1327

0
May 16, 2017
29
DFW, TX
My pump will not prime, but, is pulling some water in a surging motion. It does this with one, two or all three jandy suction valves open. This tells me it may not be a single suction line. Also, I re-lubed my o-ring on the pump with no fix.

I did allow my skimmer to get too full with leaves recently. When cleaning it out, some leaves got pulled into the suction line.

Although likely unrelated, my DE filter is dirty and was running at close to 30psi for a few days before this started.

Any ideas?
 
Try and snake through the skimmer line with a Drain King.

Drain King VIP2 Drain Unclogging Kit With Kitchen Sink Crossbar Adapter, 1.5 to 3 Inch - Drain Augers - Amazon.com

Drain King VIP2 Drain Unclogging Kit With Kitchen Sink Crossbar Adapter, 1.5 to 3 Inch - Drain Augers - Amazon.com
www.amazon.com

Skimmer suddenly not pulling water

Just noticed this morning that my skimmer is no longer pulling any water. The only water circulating is coming through the main drain at the moment. I know it was working when I vacuumed the pool manually on Thursday evening. I did notice a little less pressure than I would have liked so I...
www.troublefreepool.com www.troublefreepool.com

Inground pool skimmer will not siphon. Drain does

Hello all, I am sorry if this topic has been covered, but I am new to this forum and I couldn't find quite the same issue that I am having. Some of you are going to laugh at the amount of money and time I spent trying to figure this out. I have an inground pool that is driving me crazy. It has...
www.troublefreepool.com www.troublefreepool.com
 
OK… Checked the impeller and I can make it move with my finger. I went ahead and used the drain king on the suction line from the skimmer and there are no blockages.

when I fired up the pump is still sucking water slowly but still surging. Any ideas?

I’ll also upload a video shortly for y’all to check out.
 
Sure sounds like you are sucking in a TON of air......there has to be something wrong between the skimmer and the impeller. You read the article on suction side leaks, right?

Most common leak is the o-ring on the lid. Are the drain plugs tight on the pump body?
 
Thank you for the input and yes I have read the article on suction side leaks.

my O-ring is pretty old and when I cleaned it before relubing today a lot of black came off of it so it may be to deteriorating. With that, I’ll pick up another one tomorrow and let y’all know if that does the trick.

I have a DE filter and one of my friends has a sand filter. He had a similar issue and it turned out his sand filter was extremely dirty. Is it possible that with my DE filter being at 30+ psi for a few days this could be the issue? I have not cleaned it yet.
 
Definitely backwash your DE filter.

What is your clean filter pressure?
 

Enjoying this content?

Support TFP with a donation.

Give Support
TFP recommends cleaning filters when filter pressure increases by 25% over clean pressure. My DE filter is about 18 clean and I backwash when it gets to around 28.

Being 30+ for you is too high.

You have a RECIRCULATE setting on your MPV? Set the MPV to RECIRCULATE. That takes the filter offline. See if your flow improves.
 
Keep in mind you have a suction problem. The filter is on the pressure side and is unrelated to the symptoms you show in the video. If the pressure side is restricted, the result is HIGH pressure.....not the 3-7 lbs your gauge is showing.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Thread Status
Hello , This thread has been inactive for over 60 days. New postings here are unlikely to be seen or responded to by other members. For better visibility, consider Starting A New Thread.
Top Bottom
Back
Jump to latest Follow Reply