How To Find A Leak In The Bottom Of A Pool Liner. Position it so it's only a few inches out of the water. The most obvious sign that your skimmer is leaking is that the water will drop to the bottom of the skimmer and the leak stops.
Let them sit there for a whole day. So you put your goggles on, still moving slowly because you would want the coloring to lead you straight to the leak. Time to get in, but first clean the pool before you consider getting in the pool to find a leak, clean and vacuum it.
Once you determine that there is a leak, the next step is to identify where it is.
If the dye flows into a certain direction, this is where the leak is coming from. For holes on the side of the liner, look for a small stream of water seeping from the hole. So you put your goggles on, still moving slowly because you would want the coloring to lead you straight to the leak. If the water level is considerably lower in the pool, you have a leak.