Hissing!!!
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Topic: Hissing!!!
Posted By: RavenGuard
Subject: Hissing!!!
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 11:04pm
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My girlfriend's custom pro hisses when I screw the tank on. I took it apart, and tried again, and it still hisses, though it can fire. I haven't tried paint yet. The hissing seems to be coming from the powertube area. I have removed the powertube from the gun, but all the screws fit back easily and without any problems, so I doubt I stripped something etc. Please give me any ideas about what could be causing this. The last thing I want to have to do is pay to ship it back to Tippmann to get it fixed. If this kind of think has happened to you, please give me some information. Note: The co2 tank was full at the moment, and worked perfectly on my a-5. Thanks in advance. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
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Posted By: Tippyprouser
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 11:14pm
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i know this is stupid, but make sure that the gun is cocked. make sure everything is oiled. and check the valve. maybe just maybe like some say, how your tank can leak because the pin something is blocking it, try pushing on the pin a couple times to reset it. also, maybe pieces of something may be inside. like loctite ------------- Setup: Tippmann Custom Pro E-trigger 12" All American BT Folding Stock GTA Inline Expansion Chamber Kit Dead on Pro seal Cyclone Feed System Remote Line Polished internals |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 11:32pm
Gun is oiled fine, was cocked (i told you i fired it :p), everything is perfect, but I wasn't sure how to remove the valve from the powertube and I didn't want to force anything... now I've learned how to push the valve out, I can try that, but it'll be another week befor I see my girlfriend and she needs some practice befor popping out the valve... Anyways, keep the suggestions and ideas coming, I can't do the whole trial and error thing, so I need all the ideas I can get for when I can finally take a look at it next week. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Tippyprouser wrote:Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 11:55pm
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Take the valve out of the power tube, reconnect the gas line, then screw the tank into the ASA. You will be able to tell exactly from where the gas is leaking. |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 26 February 2006 at 12:00am
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What exactly do you mean?
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Posted By: KALIS-PIMENTA
Date Posted: 26 February 2006 at 1:33am
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Posted By: MC_TP
Date Posted: 26 February 2006 at 2:20am
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Did you try the oil in the ASA thing?
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 26 February 2006 at 8:54am
No, not yet... Did something like this happen to you and oiling fixed the problem? ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: cus98tom
Date Posted: 26 February 2006 at 9:12am
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If your Hissing and the marker still operates , sounds like a very small leak. I would follow Bruce's advice . Take the marker apart and while you have the valve out with the braided hose attached to the valve and the ASA screw in your CO2 . You will find the leak. Look at the cup seal or the braided line where it screws into the valve. |
Posted By: Cheetos3254
Date Posted: 26 February 2006 at 10:38am
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Posted By: Ashdawg
Date Posted: 26 February 2006 at 7:45pm
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try the oil in ASA first, then try taking it apart and airing up the
valve with braided hose only and see if its a valve o-ring. It's probly
the 0-ring, thats why you want to try the oil in the ASA first-it might
just need to be lubed. if that dont work, the o-ring most likely needs
to be replaced.
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 27 February 2006 at 4:06pm
If it is the o-ring, will it be obvious that the o-ring needs to be replaced or will it look relatively normal? ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 27 February 2006 at 10:38pm
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Go read my post in It covers the dis-assembly of the valve. You can see there leaks might occure...pictures and all. Oil tends to clean the pin valve seat when the blast of air travels through the valve. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 01 March 2006 at 9:48am
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If it is a small leak in one of your hose fittings, what you can do is dismantle the marker, and on your hose ends where it connects to the valve and where it connects to the ASA, wrap a strand of teflon tape around the threads, then reassemble. If it is a leak in the valve, this won't work. But if its just a small hissing and you're still able to fire the marker without the leak getting worse or the marker operation stopping, it sounds like a small leak in one of your connections. ------------- ? |