What causes a pool pump from losing water pressure?

Answer 1

Your pool is "most" likely to lose water "while" the pump is running. First check the pump & pipes around the pump to make sure there is no visible water. If the leak isn't obvious, there is a good chance your pool is leaking from the skimmer, the skimmer face plates, the water jets, or several other locations. The following web site ("www.poolleak.com") helped me find several leaks in my pool and saved me the trouble and frustration of calling an expensive pool professional. Good luck. I have a leak that loses more water with the pump running. Had a leak guy out several days ago and he found the leak to be in my return line. Cost: $800.00 to replace the line. Includes digging up my concrete and replacing it.

Answer 2

If your pool is losing water, you will have a leak in the structural shell (vinyl liner or plaster finish) or you have a leak in your Plumbing system. Smaller leaks can often be attributed to structural leaks, however larger more noticable leaks will almost always originate from a problem with the plumbing. To determine if your plumbing is leaking, simply measre the water loss accurately over a 48-72 hour period. The shut off your circulation system for the same period of time and monitor the water loss. Plumbing lines leak at different rates when the lines are pressurized compared to wen they are shut off. If there is a differential in the amount of water loss, the leak will likely be in the plumbing. If the leak slowed down somewhat, the leak will be in one of the return lines of the pool. If the leak increases it will be in the suction lines (skimmer and main drains) of the pool.

Answer 3

Might be clogged, have an animal stuck in it. Try to get that checked out.

Actually, chances are you have a veriflow valve that will allow you to back wash your filter. The most likely cause and the first thing to check is that the spider gasket in that valve is failing and this causes water to go out the back wash line. Other options are that the there is a return pipe leaking from the pressure of the pump being on.

This will be more difficult to find. The best way to find this is to pressure check the lines. Hope this helps....

Answer 4

Process of ellimination. Check the hose connections at the pump for water leakage. If they do not leak then it is the concrete bed. Call someone like American leak detection.

Answer 5

Evaporation, someone took the plug out, there is a crack or hole causing a leak.

Answer 6

Clearly if you are losing water faster than it evaporates, you have a leak somewhere.

Answer 7

If no water is visible around pump/filter mechanism then there is a crack somewhere in the pool or pipes leading to and from pump/filter.

Answer 8

a leak on a pipe