Need A-5 help please
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Topic: Need A-5 help please
Posted By: Mpk767
Subject: Need A-5 help please
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 7:16pm
| So i bought a tippmann a-5 and it had a horrable leak so i returned it and bought a new one, now here is the problem, this one also had a very faint leak you could barly hear it but got bigger and bigger untill it was very noisy. I was almost positive it was my valve so i ordered an o-ring kit and replaced the orings on the valve and the leak quited down but is still there and sometimes acts up on me still and becomes very noisy, also when i am low on air it spews it out of the barrell as a really noisy leak sound untill it gives off that machine gun sound and it is deff not supose to do that and wastes so much of my air im guessing anywhere from 20-60 shots! so here is my question to you, should i just buy a whole new valve? or will tippmann maybe send me a new one for free because im under a tippmann one year warentee? and has this happend to others? |
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Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 7:23pm
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Make sure your valve o-ring is oiled. This happened to me too. It's not enough to just put a new o-ring in, it needs to be oiled well too.
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Posted By: Mpk767
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 7:33pm
| Will try, but when i got the new oring I opened it up and oiled very well, so i will do that again. thanks for the help and will apreciate any other suggestions |
Posted By: Bango
Date Posted: 05 April 2006 at 7:44pm
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Make sure you're putting the washer in first then the o-ring on top. That might also be what's going on.
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Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 06 April 2006 at 7:38am
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tippmann will send you any parts you need if you ask.
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Posted By: nunrleft
Date Posted: 07 April 2006 at 1:03am
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Put a couple of drops of oil in your ASA each day before you play.
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