[De And Waste Returning To Pool.]

Thank you so much for your guidance.

I agree that the amount of DE returning to the pool should me minimal.

I just glued what I could including the new spider gasket and am waiting for it to cure.

We shall see!

Maybe I'll have this pool ready for July 4th!

Thanks again.

[De And Waste Returning To Pool.]

Thanks for your response.

The screen on air release is intact. O-ring is tight and no cracks. Gasket, however, is stretched a bit but I would think I would get water leak from top of canister and/or loss of pressure if that was an issue.

I removed veriflow valve and the spider gasket is deformed on one section.

After examining the inside, I noticed a crack in the plastic wall between two of the sections. The same wall with which the deformed section on the spider gasket was.

New question... Can I glue the cracked section with hope of success?

New one is $120-$150

Thanks again!

[De And Waste Returning To Pool.]

I have a Hayward DE-4820 that's about 7 years old. Last year I noticed when I would add DE, a little amount would come back into the pool through the jets. This year, after cleaning the elements, when I added the DE, a bit more returned to the pool but would stop after a few minutes. Then, I started vacuuming the crap at the bottom and noticed some of the green/brown waste coming out of all the jets. I opened the filter again, disassembled the grids and cleaned them all and inspected all carefully andI found 2 with holes. I bought and replaced both bad ones and went through process again and the same thing happened.

Is there anything else that would cause this?

I don't want to have to replace all other elements and then find same thing again.

Thanks.