Hello! We bought a house a year ago with a small pool. I’ve been trying to figure out what equipment we have and how to maintain it. This has been very difficult due to sun faded/ peeling labels and no information left by the previous owner but I’m learning.
A few days ago I noticed our flow was very slow when I hooked up the manual vacuum and had very minimal suction. When I checked the pressure it was hovering between 0-5. We took the filter apart, sprayed out the cartridges, cleaned the pump basket, checked & lubed all o-rings, and restarted. In-line chlorinator is off. After sealing up the filter the pressure still reads incredibly low and if I release the pressure valve on top I get a ton of air out again. Bleed the air, close the valve, no pressure. Open the valve and out comes a ton of air (very slowly)… and this cycle continues.
There has to be air getting in somewhere but I can’t figure it out. Any ideas of other things I should check?
-Carolyn
A few days ago I noticed our flow was very slow when I hooked up the manual vacuum and had very minimal suction. When I checked the pressure it was hovering between 0-5. We took the filter apart, sprayed out the cartridges, cleaned the pump basket, checked & lubed all o-rings, and restarted. In-line chlorinator is off. After sealing up the filter the pressure still reads incredibly low and if I release the pressure valve on top I get a ton of air out again. Bleed the air, close the valve, no pressure. Open the valve and out comes a ton of air (very slowly)… and this cycle continues.
There has to be air getting in somewhere but I can’t figure it out. Any ideas of other things I should check?
-Carolyn
