Air from skimmer line

[gogolion]

Another update... a friend of mine came over today and since he has a pool I decided to get his opinion on the problem. I went to show him the problem by turning off my pump, opening the skimmer valve and then turning the pump back on. Within a minute we couldn't see any air in my pump and there were no bubbles coming out of the returns. So the problem has mysteriously gone away. Any ideas of how this could happen?

The only thing I can think of is that when I observed the problem my water level had gotten low and air got into the system. Then after adding water to the pool maybe the air remained in the system for a while and slowly worked its way out? I'm just taking a wild guess here. I'm glad the problem is gone, and relieved that there don't seem to be leaks, but I'm concerned that I don't have a good explanation for the problem occurring in the first place. Any ideas?

[waste]

Welcome to The Forum!

Unfortunately, sometimes a clear explanation isn't available. We might guess as to why this happened and suddenly fixed itself, but you'd be left with 1/2 dozen guesses and no way of knowing what it really was. In my 20+ years of working on pools, there have been 20+ cases where I've ripped the system apart, found NOTHING that needed to be fixed and put it back together and the problem was gone... (My guess is that sometimes these things just want a little attention

Be thankful that your problem is gone but, if it occurs again, let us know and we'll help you.

[gogolion]

I understand what you're saying, Ted. Thanks for the input and I'll be back if the problem crops up again.