I noticed my pump taking longer to prime...and even after stopping it for three seconds I would take two minutes to reprime and kick in full blast. When it's running there are a few bubbles visible, spinning around in the top of the strainer basket. I also noticed when the pump stopped there was an fair amount of water spitting out of the stainer basket top between the cover tightening screws. More water than I have ever seen. Checked the lid strainer basket housing gasket and made sure it had no debris. I tried some PTFE lube-sealer and the problem was still there, seemingly not as bad. Assume it's the gasket. Any other ideas? Certainly don't want to make the pump work any harder than required.
