Thank you for replying....I've looked up leaks on the forum and I've seen some great advise on looking for leaks. I just thought if the loss of pressure when trying to vacuum combined with the water leak would indicate a plumbing problem and not a pool problem I could start digging up the line and stop looking at the liner and stop troubleshooting. I shut off the pump last night and did the bucket test by this morning I lost about 3/4". The water level is now even with the bottom of the skimmer. So it still leaked out with the pump off.

I don't have a drain......