air leak after installing RT
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Topic: air leak after installing RT
Posted By: wolverine1190
Subject: air leak after installing RT
Date Posted: 26 May 2006 at 4:34pm
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ok... i just bought a response trigger and love it!!! its great! but the problem is whenever i put air on the gun i get a little *psssshhhhhh* noise. i put my ear up to the part of the gun with the valve on it. its the loudest there. so im thinking great. something is wrong with my valve. so i took the gun apart.. checked it all.. loctited all the stuff that needs it and put it back together... still no luck. so i take it apart again. and look at the valve. on the inside, the valve seat o-ring isn't in the best shape. so i looked up all the ways to take the valve apart and think i can do it. but the thought of me taking it apart is not one i like so i double check myself. i took the side of the gun off and put an almost empty tank on it so i could see the internals while it was aired. i could hear the air better . i put some soapy bubbles on the front bolt and what do you know they blow away... so its the air is coming out of the valve. so the thing i would liek to know is... 1.) besides the oring that is screwed up, is there anything else that could be wrong?? the last thing i wanna do is take the valve apart 2.) if i do replace the oring, what size is it? does it come in the replacement parts kit?? thanks to all who help out!!!!! |
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Posted By: paintballinbill
Date Posted: 26 May 2006 at 5:18pm
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make sure you cock your gun before putting the tank on. sometimes the bolt pushes on the valve, keeping it open a little bit. ------------- 98 Custom milled;painted;J&J Ceramic;X-Chamber;R/T;Cyclone. |
Posted By: wolverine1190
Date Posted: 26 May 2006 at 6:07pm
| i have cocked the gun when i do this and get no luck at all. so i am thinking it is the oring. i just wish it wasn't. oh well. time to take apart the valve i gues... |
Posted By: wolverine1190
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 7:34pm
well i took apart the valve and found the o-ring (valve seat) with a huge chunk outta it... so i figured i would just get an oring . checked 5 places and no one had it. the last place i checked said u can't get that size from tippmann. well yeah u can just get it from a different company or w/e but i was playing the next day. so the guy said u gotta buy the whole valve or the oring. so , since no one had the oring, i bought the valve for 30 dollars.... when all i needed was an oring for less than a buck... it sucks... oh well thats the end of that problem.
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Posted By: jkiddx2003
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 10:34pm
| thats exactly whats happening to me right now. they wanted 35$ for a new valve so i sent it in to tippmann for them to fix it for free. |