Water not reaching motor

[jaindesi]

So I opened the pool myself this season. I took out all the plugs from return lines, gismos from skimmer and plug inside motor. Also opened both valves one from skimmers and one from bottom of the pool drain. I am not seeing water reaching the motor/pump. What am I missing?

 

[jaindesi]

Left the motor running for about 5 mins. Still nothing.

 

[laprjns]

Did you fill the pump basket with water?

 

[jaindesi]

Didn't add any water in to the pump. Am I suppose to? It's like there is no suction.

 

[jaindesi]

So I did find some plugs inside the pump that were left after closing. I added the water and saw that water drained out so I closed off the two holes. I still have other plugs that I am not sure about. Big black piece is a cap for something. Don't know about the other two.

 

[jaindesi]

Figured out everything. Pool heater also had two plugs and mini motor that control the Polaris vac also had one. All good now. Thank you. Pouring the water trick got me going.

 

[IceShadow]

Self-priming pumps need water in them to start the priming process, and you definitely need all of your plugs in place. See this link for the self-priming info!

Centrifugal Pump Priming and Cavitation Videos

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