My Skimmer won't foam up

[Scavenger]

Without knowing what skimmer you have, we can only guess. A good start would be a thorough cleaning. I know my venturi (aka air intake) sometimes clogs with salt buildup blocking airflow. Hence no foam. Hope that helped.

[niloc16]

while the skimmer is running stick the air tube for the venturi in a big glass of hot water and it will clean out the airline and venturi from salt creep

[Scavenger]

Originally Posted by niloc16

while the skimmer is running stick the air tube for the venturi in a big glass of hot water and it will clean out the airline and venturi from salt creep

Slapping self upside head!! Why haven't I tried that? I've been taking it all apart to clean out manually. Thanks for that tip.

[andresont]

Originally Posted by Scavenger

Slapping self upside head!! Why haven't I tried that? I've been taking it all apart to clean out manually. Thanks for that tip.

Stoping the skimmer for an hour and injecting small ammount (just to fill in the tube and ventury) of vinegar in to ventury works really well too.

[safety4fire]

I will give it try

[supersmile]

I am now having the same problem. I put my air intake thing into a glass of hot water and that seemed to work for about a day but now again it isn't foaming up again???? Now what could be wrong. My skimmer is only about 1 month old!

[mr_alberta]

Is there no foam at all (i.e. no bubbles whatsoever?). Have you cleaned the skimmer neck? What skimmer is it?