Help with my sprinkler valve

[covey12]

i looked in the trouble shooting guide, but im not sure why this happens still, when i pump up my chamber, the air leaks out of the barrel slowly, but when i press the pilot valve, all the air comes out of that, and the barrel stops leaking. any help is appreciated thanks

[jrrdw]

Make sure the housing doesn't have any kind of flaw where the diaphram rest around the edges. What make valve is it and post pics of it disassembled.

[trigun]

Take apart the valve and check the diaphram and seat for any debris even if it is the smallest piece of metal or wood.

Also if all the equilization hole is too big then all the air will go out of the pilot hole.

[covey12]

k ill try and get some pics up of it

[pharmboy]

Also, does your sprinkler valve have a guide tube? It's little metal tube about 1/16" diameter coming up through the center of the diaphragm. If so, you'll need to seal that w/ epoxy as well. It vents to the exit side of the valve, so if you've got one, just apply a little epoxy to the hole facing the exit, and then suck gently on the guide tube until you feel resistance, meaning that the epoxy has completely filled the passage.

[covey12]

Also, does your sprinkler valve have a guide tube? It's little metal tube about 1/16" diameter coming up through the center of the diaphragm. If so, you'll need to seal that w/ epoxy as well. It vents to the exit side of the valve, so if you've got one, just apply a little epoxy to the hole facing the exit, and then suck gently on the guide tube until you feel resistance, meaning that the epoxy has completely filled the passage.

no guide valve but thanks anyways

[covey12]

hey i looked at the sprinkler, and it appears that its defective, there is a hole thin the diaphragm that is pretty big, and doesnt look right, so im getting a new valve

[daberno123]

Really? Could you post a picture of the hole?

[covey12]

Really? Could you post a picture of the hole?

yea i will when i take the pics, but its more of a rip than a hole

[psycix]

Some valves are meant to have a hole.
Its called an equalization hole.
If its a rip, then its not good ofcourse. But when in doubt, just show us the pic.

[covey12]

i cant figure out how to delete this, so if a moderators sees this can they? i fixed the valve

[sgort87]

We usually just leave the thread up and let it sink out of sight as new threads are posted.

I mean... we could, but there's no real reason to bother.

[psycix]

How you fixed it?
That will make this thread worthy to exist further. It will provide some useful information for people with the same problems in the future you see?

[Hubb]

Don't trash the valve. Why not upgrade it...

You can replace the old diaphragm valve with a new one and get even better performance than what you would have normally gotten.

[covey12]

um just to let anyone on here who sees this, the rip was not the problem (although it could have been a factor), the hole i drilled for my pilot was to big and the bring would go into the pilot, and the valve would never equalize right, so basically i made the wrong measurements

i fixed by buying a new valve