Pool main drain leak

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brent1369
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Pool main drain leak

Postby brent1369 » Fri 31 Jul, 2020 05:38

My pump was working good till it suddenly went dry.

After closing main drain and letting skimmer open the pool does prime,
So i have a leak somewhere in main drain but, i have no idea where i should search.
Could it be at the main drain(bottom pool) opening cause it is always full of water so i dont think it could be there.

Anybody have any idea?


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My Pool: 10k inground fibreglass, Telescopic Cover, Hayward Powerline pump, Quality filter with glass media, 27kw output heat pump, K-2006C test kit
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Re: Pool main drain leak

Postby Denniswiseman » Fri 31 Jul, 2020 06:10

Are you noticing any water loss
Normally a dry pump is a suction side air leak
Do you shut the main drain off at the pad
Can you open the main drain once it's primed and does air then collect in the pump pre-filter basket
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Re: Pool main drain leak

Postby brent1369 » Sun 02 Aug, 2020 01:35

i found the problem, there was a broken tile cutting against the flex pvc pipe and it had a pretty big cut

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