skimmer making noise

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Hello,
maybe someone can help with my skimmer its making a weird noise sounds like bubbling sucking noise coming from the vent ?
the skimmer is a octups brand skimmer w/gate mod
any suggestions would be appreciated!!!

tnx jasper
 
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checked all air intakes all seems good .
never made a sound before. if i clog the air intake hose the sound goes away.
the sound is loud and driving me crazy.

tnx for the suggestions.
 
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run ro/di water tthough the air vent. Then look up some diy silencers for the vent, basically it is a pvc pipe, maybe 1-1/4 inch with caps on each end, drill a hole in each end, and shove th silencer over the air vent so the tube sticks into the silencer about 2 inches, then stick another tube into the other end of the silencer... That should do it...

Good luck

Bill
 
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no the performance is the same.just the noise is driving me crazy its coming from the little tubing thats connected to the inlet.cover it and it goes away.
never made a sound before yesterday morning.
tnx for the input
 

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Mine had a loud noise raising the water lvl helped, also it seems when starting up I may need to quickly block the air intake a couple of times
 

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