holes in above ground pool wall

[marklevinson1]

Hi,

I have inherited an Esther Williams above ground pool. It is around

10-12 years old. Everything on the pool was in great shape except for the bottom tracks (I ordered new ones) and I recently noticed dozens of pinhead sized holes near the bottom 6 inches of the aluminum wall. The previous owner had dirt up against the wall. I cannot afford to replace the wall. What would be the best way to approach repairing this?

Thanks, Mark

Here is a link to a picture of the holes in the wall:

[valvejob]

Strange.

A permanent fix that seals water tight is to wire brush the holes and patch with radiator leak epoxy - picked up at any auto parts store or walmart.

[Dan Espen]

What did the inside of the pool look like? I'd be concerned that the walls might be too weak to continue using.

My Esther Williams is about the same age. I had to replace the liner this year (second time). I had some minor surface flaking on the inside but nowhere near a hole. The outside is like new.

Epoxy might work as the other poster suggested.