Find an air leak in your swimming pool.

The quick and easy to locate a suction side leak in your pool equipment

[CCFE]

Thank you. Nine years later, this video is still helping poor, ignorant pool owners like me troubleshoot our systems!

[eltorpedo]

So grateful that there are people that take the time to post these types of videos! You just saved me so much aggravation. I couldn't figure out how I was going to find the source of my air leak, and the first thing I tried, using your method found the leak right away! It was the drain plug. Thank you so much!

[jcmpli]

Thank you you saved my pool. I am trying to prime my pool for 2 weeks now. I came across your video and found the air leak in 20 second.. It was in the jandy 3 way valve. Now my pool is fully primed.
You are the best.

[daveallen]

Wow..this guy just saved me some $$. I knew I had a suction leak somewhere. Ended up having two leaks. One at the lid and one at the inlet pipe where it meets up with a Jandy valve. Easy fix. Thanks!!

[EdBurk]

Thank you for posting this video! My pool guy made two trips and was unable to locate the air leak. I've spent a few hours myself trying different methods to locate the leak. Found your video and voila, air leak located in one minute. I'm embarrassed to say that it was a badly deteriorated O ring on the strainer pot drain plug. Much appreciated!!

[mykes]

Awesome! Had this issue tonight after opening up for the season. It was also the drain hole that was not tight enough.
Made figuring out where the leak was very simple. Thank you!

[klclzyd]

Thank you! Spent several days looking for air leak. This took several minutes to find leak and verify that it got fixed. Went thru same thing last winter. Thanks you again for posting this!!

[shwIIIesq]

Worked like a charm. Glad I watch this before calling a repair company and paying who knows how much for them to find my leak.

[kerryhaynes]

I know I'm late to the party, but you sir are a rock star! Solved my issue with a water hose.

[daakrolb]

GREAT point about "start low." Thank you for the video. This may help me a lot.

[babylonlord]

Brilliantly simple, worked for a leak on our pool system!!   Ended up being a 10 cent "O" ring on one of the valves.

thanks

[dcrook]

Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU. I completely forgot about the pump drain plug and that was the problem. Can't tell you how long a time I had spent checking everything else.

[gregharberts]

This is genius!! It found the leak in 30 seconds.

[rulenumerouno]

I've been looking for a way to find the leak, and this did the trick! Thanks so much.

[ctalbot]

I also want to add to check your spider gasket valve! Make sure your gasket is good, not warped and make sure your screws are tight. That was my problem. Thanks for the video, great way to check for leaks on your pump.

[sreid]

Dude....exactly what I was looking for. Makes perfect sense. I tried smoke...cling wrap..duct seal to stop air coming in. Never thought of adding water. Genius.

[substuff]

My pump hasn't been priming for at least two months and I've run water on all the joints I saw on other videos. Mentioning to start at the bottom at the drain plug ended up being the solution to my problem. As soon as I ran water on the drain plug I could hear the suction pulling the water in and the filter basket finally primed. Unbelievably the drain plug fell off (detached from the threads) as soon as I tried to unscrew it. Thanks for the informative video.

[jcadler]

I replaced the pump lid gasket as the usual suspect. Didn't work. Found this video and found a 1/4" gap in an o-ring on a space saver manual valve. Hard to believe that little leak could allow so much air. It didn't leak water because it was on the top side of the o-ring. Took me less than a minute to work back from my drain plug to pump lid to jandy valve to the problem...on the very last valve. Thanks for posting!!

[simonsonboys]

Thank you thank you! I’ve been dealing with a very noisy glass filter and large bubbles coming out of jets for over a year. Company that installed the glass filter said the noise and bubbles were normal. Found your video and in a minute found the air leak! Brilliant!! I now have a quiet filter and no bubbles!!

[refinisherman]

Found the leak in seconds, great tip . Thank you