Is the gun or tank?
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Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Gun Maintenace and Repair
Forum Description: Important info for keeping your marker in top shape
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Topic: Is the gun or tank?
Posted By: Garribean
Subject: Is the gun or tank?
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 8:52pm
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Posted By: Hudson
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 9:11pm
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Dude. I'm willing to bet you it's the tank oring. An O-ring can look perfectly fine and still be messed up. If the SAME problem is happening on two different guns with ONLY that tank, it's defiantly the tank. It may sound like/feel like the air is coming out of different places, but it's probably just leaking around the o-ring. Do you have any leak detechtor so you can actually confirm where it's coming from? change the o-ring or try a different tank. If the problem persists, post again. Also, go with HPA. It's way better than co2. It might cost more to start using it, but it's worth it. It cost 8 dollars to fill a scuba tank, and i can fill my tank several times off that. Granted i can't get as much pressure into my HPA tank everytime, but it's still better than c02. If you're feeling rich you can buy a shoebox compressor and eliminate that problem as well. |
Posted By: Garribean
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 9:16pm
| Nope, Not the O-Ring, It keeps happening. |
Posted By: Hudson
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 9:19pm
Have you changed the oring out? Or are you just assuming it's not the oring? That "stupid block" is the equivalent of a jam nut. The more the you screw that line into the gun, the more you have to move the jam nut down. It assures that nothing moves, and everything stays in place. Chill out dude, you're way too mad. Getting mad doesn't fix anything. That "two piece" thing you're referring to is like a quick disconnect. You pull it back, push it into the gun, and push it forward. I'm not sure if there are threads on the power tube, but once it's in by the quick disconnect use a wrench to tighten it up. After that move your jamnut down so it sits where it needs to sit, and put everything back together. If it makes you feel better, use blue loctite on all the threads. I don't know if your familiar with cars, but Jamnuts are used a lot on cars as well. For example, on your TRE's (Tie Rod Ends) when you get a front end alignment, they loosen the jam nuts, and then they give your tie rod ends a few spins until it's aligned, then they tighten the jamnut back down so they can no longer spin. It's the same concept. |
Garribean wrote:Posted By: Garribean
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 9:21pm
I switched the O-Ring and it still leaked :/
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Posted By: Hudson
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 9:22pm
Have you tried a different tank? |
Posted By: Garribean
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 9:24pm
I only have one tank.
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Posted By: Hudson
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 9:26pm
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I would try a different tank before you pull your gun apart looking for a non-existent flawed part. Go into the place that fills them and tell the guy the tank is flawed or something, and try to get him to switch them out for you. |
Posted By: Garribean
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 9:29pm
The closet place with tanks is 40 miles away and are closed right now, I get my tank filled up at a body shop like place :/
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Posted By: Hudson
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 9:30pm
Where do you live? In the middle of no where? A body shop like place is filling your tanks? You should switch over to HPA. It's cheaper in the long run, and is probably more convenient for you. |
Posted By: Garribean
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 9:37pm
Pretty damn close to the middle of no where. I think I fixed? I put the co2 in and shot and it did the multiple burp kind of thing? Where its out of co2?
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Posted By: Hudson
Date Posted: 27 June 2012 at 10:30pm
| That just means you ran out of co2. What state are you in? |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 28 June 2012 at 7:39am
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Have you inspected the contact surface of the tank for any scratches or damage? Is that the stock gas line for the 98?? ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: TippmannEmployee1
Date Posted: 29 June 2012 at 11:55am
Garribean, here's a video on how to disassemble
& reassemble your marker. Watch the whole video, but the part you need to
see starts at the 8:02 mark. Screw the
gas-line in finger tight & make sure it lines up with the valve
properly. It's important that you do not
tighten the gas-line into the valve assembly until the whole marker is back
together. http://youtu.be/97170WoXyQs" rel="nofollow - |