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    Default Prime Lost - Hope this helps

    My friend's pool pump and Hayward sand filter are above the level of his pool and every morning the prime was lost.

    His old pool person tried many times to fix the problem but was unable to. He also has a spa, the multiport valve recently started leaking, through the backwash tube, a separate system.

    His new pool person replaced the spider ring on this and at the same time did the pool valve as my friend did not want to wait till that failed.

    When he pulled off both valves we noticed that the glue used seemed to be of an animal deritavive. Not the type recommended by Hayward, Hayward recommends a 3M Scotch-Grip Industrial Adhesive 4799. He had to gently scarp of the old glue with a screwdriver. This took about 2 hours.

    Since this was done there are no more prime problems.

    So if you are having prime problems this might be an area that you might want to investigate.

    Hope this helps.
    Last edited by smallpooldad; 08-03-2008 at 09:00 PM.

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