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lalaland ![]() Member ![]() Joined: 23 October 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26 |
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Right I've stripped my gun for the first time tonight to clean it. I
did pretty much everything by the book and it's back together looking
cleaner than before.
I don't have any CO2 to test it though, I left my bottles in the office to take to get refilled on Wednesday. Anyway with the lack of gas I decided to blow up the gas inlet hole on the handle to see if it leaked or not and it does! ![]() (I know it sounds stupid blowing in, but I guessed if it leaked with me blowing it will do with gas). Anyway, if I blow through the gas inlet on the handle it comes out of the barrel. Surely this shouldn't happen? I would expect it to stop me blowing through and be sealed in some way? Anyone got any ideas what I could have done wrong or how to fix it? I've not yet dry fired any oil through it, could that be it? Thanks |
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Darur ![]() Platinum Member ![]() ![]() Stare directly into my avatar... Joined: 03 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9178 |
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Did you cock it first?
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lalaland ![]() Member ![]() Joined: 23 October 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26 |
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Yes I did cock it first.
I found the problem. Took it all apart again to discover that I had the O ring in the valve on the wrong side of the tombstone. Swapped it back, oiled it and slotted the tombstone back in to place. Just put the A5 back together again and tried the 'blow test' ![]() Stupid mistake really, but it was my first time stripping and rebuilding an A5. I can't believe I spent so long worrying about it to be honest, it's easy. Anyway, thanks for the help. (it's 02:50 am over here in the UK so I'm off to bed, good night) |
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Enos Shenk ![]() Platinum Member ![]() ![]() ~-o@ Joined: 10 June 2002 Location: A comfy chair Status: Offline Points: 14109 |
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Blowing into the ASA will usually leak anyway. On a poppet valve type
gun like a tippmann, most of the force holding the valve shut is the
pressure of the air. Your lungs cant put out enough pressure to seal
the valve correctly.
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lalaland ![]() Member ![]() Joined: 23 October 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26 |
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But when I fixed the O ring and then blew through it, I physically couldn't blow as it was stopping me.
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