Level 10 is Losing Bolt Pressure?

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  • covadsucks
    Got Beer?
    • Dec 2001
    • 1324

    #1

    Level 10 is Losing Bolt Pressure?

    I am seeing my level 10 lose pressure behind the bolt, so that I have to pull my trigger repeatedly to get the bolt/sear to engage and fire. I do oil my valve before I play and I do clean it often but what would be causing this leak? It's a barely audible hiss and if I leave my gun alone for a matter of five to ten minutes the bolt pressure has dropped so much that I need to degass and regass the marker to get it to fire again. I have replaced my entire on/off to see if that was the culprit but it doesn't appear so.
    I replaced my level 10 shims as they were bent but it still leaks, I am about to replace my PT Tip oring and the carrier o-rings as well.

    Throw out some ideas.


    "When you get married, you learn really quick that there's a good time, and a not so good time, to start playin' snap-shooting-from-behind-the-couch moves with a brand new $1,000 paintball gun." -Jack & Coke
  • Dayspring
    aka- The Day Wang

    • May 2001
    • 9664

    #2
    Shims shouldn't have anything to do with it. All they do is change the point where the gun vents the air as it fires.

    Try using a new oring in your carrier, see if that's an issue.

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    • covadsucks
      Got Beer?
      • Dec 2001
      • 1324

      #3
      Thanks for the suggestion. Already tried that one. Keep the suggestions coming.


      "When you get married, you learn really quick that there's a good time, and a not so good time, to start playin' snap-shooting-from-behind-the-couch moves with a brand new $1,000 paintball gun." -Jack & Coke

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      • bigbadvirus
        Registered User
        • Oct 2002
        • 17

        #4
        O Rings

        TRY reinstalling your old bolt see if the gun works...that will tell you if you have a problem in the gun.(without the lvl 10)

        if every thing is good replace the orings for the lvl 10
        maybe try changing carier size

        sounds stupid...but ive found 9 times out of 10 O Rings are usaly the problem.
        TAG EM, BAG EM, AUTOMAG EM!

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        • hitech
          Not a shedder of vortices
          • Nov 2001
          • 4775

          #5
          Too many shims CAN cause a leak. Take out ALL of the shims and insure that it does not leak. If it does, then it's probably an oring somewhere. Remember, the carriers also have a black oring around the outside.


          Hey Hitech your starting to sound like me! - AGD
          Hitech is the man.... :eek: - Blennidae
          The only Hitech Lubricant

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          • covadsucks
            Got Beer?
            • Dec 2001
            • 1324

            #6
            BBV and Hitech,
            I have tried both. Still it leaks. I think I might have a black carrier o-ring tear...not too sure but that's the last o-ring I haven't swapped yet.


            "When you get married, you learn really quick that there's a good time, and a not so good time, to start playin' snap-shooting-from-behind-the-couch moves with a brand new $1,000 paintball gun." -Jack & Coke

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