Jerrel, i'm not familiar with your pump persay, but i assume it has a screw on lid over the basket..quite often, prime is lost from something as simple as the o-ring wearing out..i have read from pool pump manufacturers and heard from pool dudes do not lubricate the lid..it come lubricated. i decided to call bs and that this was a scam to simply sell more o-rings..and maybe more pumps if someone thinks they have failed. year before last, i had air and bad prime and checked all my fittings.i ended up having the pool dude out to look at my problem as i couldn't figure it out..darned if there wasn't a small small crack in my o-ring and being black against black background on lid, i couldn't spot it. he put a new one on and i raised the lubrication issue..he said it was bs as well and i got some silicon lube for my ring and a couple of times a season, i grease it up..more correctly, it's simply a heavy duty wear and tear silicone spray lubricant i bought at napa for 5 bucks and it is working great.