I've searched the forum with no luck, sorry if this is a repeat, pretty sure it's been asked before. If someone knows of another thread I will be happy to read on my own, I just couldn't find one.

I have a Vari-flo valve on my Hayward 200 filter. Last time I bw I was unable to get the water to stop flowing out of the bw hose. I fiddled with the valve enough to get it down as low as poosible but still flowing out. Stops when filter is off.

The handle on the valve is pretty tough to turn so I thinking something's broken.

I've owned the pool for a couple years (pool is 5-7 yrs old).

What do I need to do to fix this?

Is there any other "maintenance" I should do? (ie replace rings, gaskets etc)

Thank you for your patience in answering this repeat post.