Above Ground Leak

[wragusa]

I have a Leak in my above ground pool.
I am 100% sure there is a leak in the liner of the pool. I am losing about 1 inch plus a day. there Filter system has 0 leaks in it. i am having all sorts of trouble trying to find this Leak.
Any advice would be helpful. I was in the pool a few times trying to find this pesky leak. Tried Food Coloring and pool dye. I just bought my house and the pool was already there. there do appear to be a few patches already in the liner of the pool. I tried around those spots but cant seem to find anything. I did find a Crater by one of the posts and also tried there but no dice.
Please help!

[posguy]

I feel your pain. Unless there is enough hydro-static pressure, the dye test wont work. I have been trying to find a leak for two years with dye. I just placed an 18"x10" patch to where I "think" my problem is, Ill wait and see.

Perhaps let your pool leak until it stops, the leak should be slightly below the waterline.

[wragusa]

the leak is on the floor level. Over the winter it got to empty.. I refilled as soon as i seen

[posguy]

There is a post from a menber, Poconos maybe, that speaks of a procedure using a garden sprayer and dye. Any movement will mess up the dye, I believe mine is on the wall within 12" from the top. I am able to dye test from outside the pool but still cant find it.

Good luck

[PoolDoc]

I don't recall that post, and I don't know an easy way to find a slow leak in the bottom of a liner pool . . . BUT, if you use the search link in my signature, and search for things like "vinyl leak test", you're likely to come up with what's been posted here on the topic.

[Watermom]

I'm going to email Poconos and see if he knows about this procedure and can share some information.