water shooting out of skimmer

[JohnT]

My guess is air somewhere in the system. Solar panels? Maybe just the filter. When the pump shuts off, the air uncompresses and shoots water out.

[itismesue]

We don't have solar panels with this pool. I have noticed that the pump resevoir doesn't automatically fill back up with water when I unplug the filter, but I do always take the top off of it so it can fill back up with water before plugging in the filter.