Your CO2 wasn't expanding when you were shooting fast. You gun will be fine, just make sure to clean it so rust doesn't mix with the oil and rust the drive spring.

You may have also begun to wear down the ratchet. Open up your Cyclone and take a look.

Yes, oil it. Be careful though- in cold weather the oil thickens and can cause feeding problems/ excessive wear. Lithium grease also works well.

To oil the ratchet, you have to remove the bottom plate of the cyclone. Take the four bottom screws out. Use a small screwdriver to lift the plate up a hair or two, and HOLD the plunger tube (where the manual pump rod is) while lifting the plate off. If you don't hold the tube, it'll make the plastic spacer come loose and potentially shoot a metal rod across the room. After the plate is off, you oil where the big clear thing (ratchet) meets the spindle (plastic gear shaped thing). You may also want to oil the bottom plate where the little nub is. Also, put a drop of oil into the plunger tube. You can "shortcut oil" the cyclone plunger by putting oil in the ASA (remove the barrel or you'll have to clean it real good) and firing the gun 20 or so times (with air connected, of course).

^ ok ill try

thanks

^ i did everything there.  it still doesnt work. but, i did notice something that i wasnt sure should have been that way.  i noticed, looking at it from the top where u could see the balls, that there were two small holes where two of the screws that enter the bottom plate from the bottom were, and when i shot with no hopper on while looking at the cyclone, it wasnt spinning and gas was coming out of the holes from the bottom enclosed part of the system.  i dont think these holes should be there but, i may be wrong.

will i end up having to buy a new cyclone feed system????????????

Oops- you screwed them on too tight and poked holes. This shouldn't be too much of an issue, since the air pushes the plunger before entering the cyclone housing. I'd check the banjo fittings (two screws) that have the macroline running out of the side of the gun to the cyclone. I'd say completely disassemble it, inspect every part (including the ratchet- look REAL close). Clean each part with Isopropyl alcohol, including the macroline and plunger tube. Those holes *might* cause some pressure problems, and if the full-cleaning and inspection service doesn't do the trick, try ordering a Cyclone housing either from Tippmann or http://www.chasepb.com/store/category.aspx?SID=1&Category_ID=20&Page=4 - http://www.chasepb.com/store/category.aspx?SID=1&Categor y_ID=20&Page=4

Good luck.

*edit*
It's a Feeder Housing for $18.99, page 6.

hmmm... this might need serious work. Did you do everything I mentioned above? Make sure no parts are damaged. Now, take off the two banjo fittings that supply the air. Those are the blck screws on the side of the gun and on the cyclone piston tube. Take these off, and remove the macroline from them (carefully- it may take some force so don't use pliers). Make sure there's no blockage in the fittings or line. Clean. Then, take out the powertube with the CVX valve. Use the small allen wrench to push the CVX out of the power tube. Then, disassemble the CVX ( http://www.model98.net - http://www.model98.net ) per instructions on site. Clean and inspect everything. If this doesn't work, or if nothing appears damaged, you'll need to do a "Tippmann repair"- start replacing things. Make sure you're not over tightening the bottom plate of the cyclone- it doesn't need to be tight (screw it in until the screw is flush and holding the plate- don't torque it).

Good luck.

I have the exact same problem on two guns. One has a RT and one has the Egrip. I have dissasembled one and I have found that the travel of the plunger is stiff and that I do not get full rotation of feed system Full rotation is indicative of an audible click when feed sprockets rotate. I have cleaned enire assembly, replaced O-Rings, checked all banjo fittings and micro lines, and with a full charged CO2 i can get around 2-3 consecutive shots off then the cyclone feed stops working.

I plan to call Tippmann Tech Line tomorrow!

I was going to make a new post but this entire thread explains my problem.  My cyclone feed system was working fine last game, I field stripped and cleaned out out after that game (ball broke in the feed system).  I fired it after cleaning and it worked fine.

Well, I went to play today and one ball fired, then nothing, shook my marker (shouldnt have to do that) and it fired one more then nothing.  Took my hopper off and noticed that the cyclone feed either doesnt spin, or does very slowly.  I figured maybe the hose was clogged, so I unscrewed it fired, and could feel air comming through. 

Tried oiling the ratchet.. it also does the same thing with the bottom cover off.

Also the manual feed rod doesnt allow the cylcone to fall back on its next click, you have to either push it (very slightly) or even jarring the gun will be enough force to make it click in, but its not working like it should.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

Well, not that anyone replied... but I fixed the problem... not sure HOW... it could have been the oiling yesterday... but after totally taking the gun apart then putting it back together the cyclone feed works again...

Im not complaining but I wish I knew WHY it wasnt working so it doesnt happen again before a game

I have the same problem.  Took it apart and found that the end of the piston that works the ratchet is worn out.  Where can I order one of those?

Mike

Holy ****, this is scary!!! not really, but anyways i was playing sat. at the opening day of my "home field", big turn out- about 120 people for 2 games.  But even though i got bout 4 games in, my marker has all of the symptoms above.  I was playing speedball when all of a sudden i start shooting blanks, i was so mad cuz i snuck around the snake and was like 15 ft behind a kid looking the other way when this happens.  So i got eliminated and at the beginnning of the next round i just stood behind a back bunker and treated my marker like a pump.  Then after a while i got the triple shot, but it was highly exaggerated and then finally totally out of co2.

The conditions - 267 FPS, about 60-70 degrees out, I have no stock, and e-grip, J&J Ceramic 12 inch

I dont think I would need new parts now... I mean that was the second time I used the marker.  I got it for x-mas and played at a nearby forest with a friend.  Then went there for opening day, and then that happened.