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valve help
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 6:49 pm
by shadowmaster123
okay so yesterday i made my 2nd potato gun. its air powered (pnuenmatic) and it was working great. today i go out to shot it and the he valve is leaking bad. at 20 psi the valve just spits air out like crazy. theres nothing jammed into the valve that i can see. is there any thing i can do to fix it?
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 7:01 pm
by Shrimphead
What kind of valve is it?
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 3:30 am
by Benny
lol, if there is a compertition for the post with least info, make it this one.
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 8:34 am
by shadowmaster123
oh sorry its a ball valve. i made the mistake in buying a ball valve intstead of a solenoid.
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:35 am
by drac
Your ball valve is leaking? Are you sure you tefloned the threads and tightened everytrhing properly? Otherwise, it shouldn't leak.
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 9:44 am
by SpudStuff
Take it back to the store and say it's defective. then just get a new one.
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 5:34 pm
by Benny
oh bugger, the power just went off and on again.... any way i heard that if you put seartain lubes on ball valves, thay have sealing problems.