Noticing that you are a photographer . . . if you want to create a step-by-step photo sequence of all the piping elements on your pool, from the suction connection at the pool, to suction connection at the pump AND short YouTube videos, with audio, of suction flow at the pool, and also flow at the pump, I'll take a look.

-- copyright free, or CC photos. We've got too many posts here, where OPs posted photos, got their answer, and then took the photos down, destroying the utility of the thread for later readers. I transfer OP photos to the PoolForumj Picasa account, to preserve the threads, despite OP Flickr account cancellations and vBulletin forum software upgrades. --