Pool pump: Pentair SF-N1-1-1
Pool Filter: Pentair Tagelus
The pump and filter sit at the bottom of an eight foot retaining wall that holds my pool.
I went to open my pool last weekend and cannot get the pump to prime and the pressure gauge reads zero in the filter when the filter is set on filter mode. I tried priming under re-circulate to bypass the filter but no water is being sucked into the skimmer or bottom drain. I've tried priming with just the bottom drain open or just the skimmer open with no luck.
Yesterday I had a pool company come out and they filled what I assume is the pump with water and then showed me water pouring from the bottom of the pump. I never actually saw where they put the water but I'm assuming they just filled the pump basket area. They said my pump was cracked. I'm a little skeptical of their analysis because when I fill the pump basket area with water I can get it to stay full. Only when I turn the pump on do I notice a drop in the water level in the pump basket area and then the pump never primes and no pressure goes to my filter. However, when I take the pump cap off I do notice that pressure is building in the pump basket area. Any clue on where else they could have put water in order for it to leak out the bottom of my pump? Would they be able to tell it's a crack without looking at it in more detail? Couldn't it also be a bad O-ring?
I also for the life of me cannot find the bleeder valve on my filter. I've looked at the manual for the filter and it appears like it should be on the opposite side of the sight glass but there's nothing there. I just have the sight glass and pressure gauge from what I can tell.
Is there something I'm missing to replicate getting the water to run out of the bottom of the pump? I feel like I'm going crazy. Both drain plugs were secure when he showed me the water running out of the bottom.
Thanks!
Pool Filter: Pentair Tagelus
The pump and filter sit at the bottom of an eight foot retaining wall that holds my pool.
I went to open my pool last weekend and cannot get the pump to prime and the pressure gauge reads zero in the filter when the filter is set on filter mode. I tried priming under re-circulate to bypass the filter but no water is being sucked into the skimmer or bottom drain. I've tried priming with just the bottom drain open or just the skimmer open with no luck.
Yesterday I had a pool company come out and they filled what I assume is the pump with water and then showed me water pouring from the bottom of the pump. I never actually saw where they put the water but I'm assuming they just filled the pump basket area. They said my pump was cracked. I'm a little skeptical of their analysis because when I fill the pump basket area with water I can get it to stay full. Only when I turn the pump on do I notice a drop in the water level in the pump basket area and then the pump never primes and no pressure goes to my filter. However, when I take the pump cap off I do notice that pressure is building in the pump basket area. Any clue on where else they could have put water in order for it to leak out the bottom of my pump? Would they be able to tell it's a crack without looking at it in more detail? Couldn't it also be a bad O-ring?
I also for the life of me cannot find the bleeder valve on my filter. I've looked at the manual for the filter and it appears like it should be on the opposite side of the sight glass but there's nothing there. I just have the sight glass and pressure gauge from what I can tell.
Is there something I'm missing to replicate getting the water to run out of the bottom of the pump? I feel like I'm going crazy. Both drain plugs were secure when he showed me the water running out of the bottom.
Thanks!