Owner's Manual

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IfthePolariscleanerdisplaysthefollowing
actions,adjustmentsmaybenecessaryto
restoreperformance.Refertoexplodedparts
diagramforpartreferences.
Action: Hangsuponstepsorother
obstaclesforlongerthan3minutes.
Solution: 1. CheckthewheelRPM.
 2. Verifytheback-upvalve
iscycling.
 3. Adjustthethrustjet.
 4. Removeunnecessarypool
hardwareorinstallaLadderGuard
Kit(orderpart#G21fromaPolaris
dealer).
Action: Polarisissluggish,runningwith
lesspowerthannormal.
Solution: 1. Checkthefilterscreenin
thein-linefilterandclean,
ifnecessary.
 2. Cleantheskimmerbasket,pump
basket,andpoolfilter.
 3. Checkallofthehoses,connections,
andswivelsforleaksthatcould
causelossofwaterpressure.
 4. CheckthewheelRPM.
Action: Polarisfliesaroundthepooland/
ordoesnotmakecontactwiththe
bottom.
Solution: 1. Confirmthatthebluerestrictordisk
isinstalledintheUWFtodecrease
waterflow.Or,installthered
restrictordisktodecreasewater
flowevenmore.
 2. CheckthewheelRPM.Ifmore
than32RPM,unscrewthe
pressurereliefvalvetodecrease
waterflowto
thecleaner.Note:Thepressure
reliefvalveshouldonlybeadjusted
whenarestrictorisinstalled.
 3. Verifytheback-upvalveiscycling.
Holdthevalveoutofthewaterand
watchthejet.Itshouldcomeon
andgooff.
Action: Polarisdoesnotbackup.
Solution: 1. Verifytheback-upvalve
iscycling.
 2. CheckthewheelRPM.
 3. Ifthebagisfull,emptyit.
 4. Ifheadfloathaswaterinit,
replaceit.
 5. Makesurefeedhoseisfloating.
Action: Polarisonlyturnsinonedirection.
Solution: 1. Adjustthethrustjet.
 2. Makesurefeedhose
isfloating.
Action: Feedhosebecomestangled.
Solution: 1. Remeasurethehosetoverifythat
itisadjustedtotheproperlength
forthe
poolshape.
 2. WiththePolarisoperating,check
thattheswivelsin
thehoseandthehoseconnections
turnfreely.
 3. Makesurefeedhose
isfloating.
 4. WiththePolaristurnedoff,spin
eachofthewheels.Allwheels
shouldturntogether.
Action: Sweephoseissuckedinto
thevacuumtube.
Solution: 1. Makesuretheopeningattheend
ofthesweephoseisnotblocked
bythesweephosescrubber.
 2. Adjustthesweephosetoagentle
sweepingmotion.
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