Quote Originally Posted by kelemvor View Post
I just replaced my pump a few months ago and had the exact same problem. Not being as mechanically inclined as you I called a pool guy who only charged me like $30 to come out and correct it. I had installed the seal backwards. I thought that he said that it was supposed to be ceramic meeting the hard carbon piece on the other half rather than the ceramic meeting the rubber. Perhaps you have it backwards as well?

Whatever the guy ended up doing fixed the leak and I haven't taken it apart again to check.
Thanks again for the responses.

So the pool store guy called and told me I had installed everything correctly and he thought it looked like the new seal was leaking anyway. So he replaced both again for me at no charge. He couldn't explain why they were leaking. SO, I picked it up and reinstalled the pump. (Here is a detail I failed to mention before but now seems like it's probably an important detail.) Just like the very first time I installed the pump with the brand new seals, it was leak free for about 24 hours.....and has started to leak again. Thoughts???? Could the new motor shaft be slightly out of round and cause the seals to open up slightly?? This pool is really fighting back. The valve on top of the sand filter decided to break off right after installing the pump as well....close to going postal! Thanks again all for trying to help!