Pool pump motor won't prime
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Pool pump motor won't prime
During all the rain last week, at some point the clamp housing on our motor broke! Upon finding that-- we ( my husband that is!) replaced the clamp --
Since then we cannot get our pool to pump water-- My dh feels sure that everything is OK from the motor to the pool--
We can't get it primed-- We poored water in..........
Another concern-- even when water would bubble thru one jet- I never observed water coming thru the jet in the deep end.
Before then-- everything was fine!
This has become a 4 day ordeal!
Today -- we took the motor in-- to be checked-- JUST IN CASE-- the man went ahead and replaced a seal-- just in case--
Still nada-- The motor comes on.....just doesn't seem to prime!
Please help!
Drying out in Texas
Since then we cannot get our pool to pump water-- My dh feels sure that everything is OK from the motor to the pool--
We can't get it primed-- We poored water in..........
Another concern-- even when water would bubble thru one jet- I never observed water coming thru the jet in the deep end.
Before then-- everything was fine!
This has become a 4 day ordeal!
Today -- we took the motor in-- to be checked-- JUST IN CASE-- the man went ahead and replaced a seal-- just in case--
Still nada-- The motor comes on.....just doesn't seem to prime!
Please help!
Drying out in Texas
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You dont say on the motor to the pump head is that a new seal or O ring?? Then on the basket cover is that a new O ring. Do you have any valves on the intake line on the pump? You wont have water out of all the jets till the pump gets its prime back. Re check everything on the intake side of the pump. Could reset the O rings with petroleum jelly.
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Almost--
Well just a minute ago-- it worked for about 1 minute-- both jets returning water-- Then I went to put in the basket in the pool-- and it wasn't pulling any water-- and the guage went down-
Thanks for your help! We've exhausted our brains.........
Thanks for your help! We've exhausted our brains.........
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It was out bc we had been putting the hose thru there to see if water would come thu--
Yes that is the only intake--
My husband had gone to the pool place and got a *thing* to blow out the line- he blew it out from the pump back to the pool--
Thanks
Yes that is the only intake--
My husband had gone to the pool place and got a *thing* to blow out the line- he blew it out from the pump back to the pool--
Thanks