Another top contender is a burnt out mechanical shaft seal. I deal with a handful of these every year. If they get really bad some times you will see some water dripping from the weep-hole beneath the pump in between the wet end/strainer pot and the seal plate. I have also had strainer pots crack, usually at the bottom due to water getting in over the winter. These can be particularly evasive because they are hard to see and will not always leak.
My VST super flow or is it just VS it’s VS. It comes on tries to prime then you hear a click and it stops. Everything seems free nothing blocking the lines still no go.
Is it common for a pool company that's doing weekly maintenance on your pool to leave the o- ring off and not realize it when they turn pump back on and see its leaking?
FIRST check the areas that are quickest to diagnose and easiest to fix: low water level, stuck weir, full baskets. The tiny air leaks from broken equipment are far less common and extremely time consuming to rule out. It literally took me weeks to find where the persistent air in my pump basket was coming from… the handle of a suction side ball valve was the culprit. Another several hours to dig and saw and replace with double union sided valve. Twenty years later still waiting for the other 2 original ball valves to fail
A stuck weir is the most common over sight, in my experience, for technicians with 20+ year experience. 🤣 Nothing is worse than needed 45 min to figure that out
I was going to make this same comment. A weir door stuck in the closed position will block flow to the skimmer like dam. If you check your skimmer baskets BEFORE focusing on the pump you can save a lot of time. I was really stumped until I left the noisy pump area and heard the air gulps and waterfall around the stuck door. Lesson learned
@@drdrew3 happened to me year and years ago. Not if I suspect a issues with the suction line (pump fills and dies) I go and watch the skimmer. I usually solved this issue over the phone now
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Another top contender is a burnt out mechanical shaft seal. I deal with a handful of these every year. If they get really bad some times you will see some water dripping from the weep-hole beneath the pump in between the wet end/strainer pot and the seal plate.
I have also had strainer pots crack, usually at the bottom due to water getting in over the winter. These can be particularly evasive because they are hard to see and will not always leak.
What about a clogged filter or air in the filter, would I still be blessed to prime.
My VST super flow or is it just VS it’s VS. It comes on tries to prime then you hear a click and it stops. Everything seems free nothing blocking the lines still no go.
My display will not light up
Is it common for a pool company that's doing weekly maintenance on your pool to leave the o- ring off and not realize it when they turn pump back on and see its leaking?
Lol, yes. Shouldn't be.
FIRST check the areas that are quickest to diagnose and easiest to fix: low water level, stuck weir, full baskets. The tiny air leaks from broken equipment are far less common and extremely time consuming to rule out.
It literally took me weeks to find where the persistent air in my pump basket was coming from… the handle of a suction side ball valve was the culprit. Another several hours to dig and saw and replace with double union sided valve. Twenty years later still waiting for the other 2 original ball valves to fail
I’m a circulation engineer in AD pools pool company in Ghana
I need a vacation in your company please
A stuck weir is the most common over sight, in my experience, for technicians with 20+ year experience. 🤣 Nothing is worse than needed 45 min to figure that out
I was going to make this same comment. A weir door stuck in the closed position will block flow to the skimmer like dam. If you check your skimmer baskets BEFORE focusing on the pump you can save a lot of time.
I was really stumped until I left the noisy pump area and heard the air gulps and waterfall around the stuck door. Lesson learned
@@drdrew3 happened to me year and years ago. Not if I suspect a issues with the suction line (pump fills and dies) I go and watch the skimmer. I usually solved this issue over the phone now