i,got an above ground swimming pool,with a wayward filter and don't know how to get it up and running. help

when we turn the filter on water keeps comming out where the backwash is,no matter what setting it is on.i know its not suppose to do this can someone help me please,its driving me crazy.we just bout the house with the pool and i dont know anything about pools,ive called the pool places and done what they told me and it don't work.

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If you are sure you have the plumbing hooked up correctly, and it leaks out the backwash line then you have a defective "spider gasket" (if it is a multiport valve), OR a defective "o" ring (if it is a push/pull valve.) Multiport valves have a handle on top that is turned round from filter, to backwash. There are also other settings. Push/pull valves have a "tee" handle and only 2 positions-- up and down. Parts should be available from any pool store. If it is a multiport valve, take it apart first and remove the spider gasket- there are about a million different ones! Some are made onto the "rotor" and the whole rotor will need replaced. Similarly, push/pull valves use any number of "o" rings. Best to take them with you. Ask the pool store people about reinstalling the parts. Lubes and "stickums" are necessary.
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