Messiah Reg keeps leaking air!
Hello,
I currently purchased a marker with an Air Americah Messiah reg on there. The regulator is 2 months old, and it is giving me problems. Hopefully, the problem can be diagnosed.
When I recieved the marker, I gassed it up, and it shot fine. When I actually fired paint threw it, the reg started leaking air. I took it to a local shop, and the person replaced the piston Oring, and the main Oring(The big one). That solved the problem, for about 300 - 400 shots, and the leaking resumed. I took it to another shop, the replaced the Orings again, and then gassed it up. It worked fine again, when I shot it without paint. When I gassed up again, this time with paint, the reg started to leak again. I replaced the Piston Oring, gassed it up without paint, and it seemed to work fine. When I put paint in it, it still did not leak. Then, a week later, (12/23/01) I went to play a game of rec ball. This time, when I gassed up the gun, without paint - Air proceeded to leak from the piston and upper portion of the Messiah reg. I replaced the piston Oring, and the problem persisted. Now, I cannot even screw in the tank, without it shooting air all over the place. I have heard from different sources, that I should order a Parts kit, and replace the Orings, and this should do the trick, but I donot think that is true. Is there any kind of warranty that comes with the Messiah regs?
Could the reason for this be, that the Messiah reg can only handle 0 - 500 psi, and the nitro tank I am using, has a preset output of 850psi?
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I have heard of cases, where peoples regs would start to leak, and when they cleaned the reg, and applied lube to it, the leaking stopped. Could this be true? Help please, anyone....
I currently purchased a marker with an Air Americah Messiah reg on there. The regulator is 2 months old, and it is giving me problems. Hopefully, the problem can be diagnosed.
When I recieved the marker, I gassed it up, and it shot fine. When I actually fired paint threw it, the reg started leaking air. I took it to a local shop, and the person replaced the piston Oring, and the main Oring(The big one). That solved the problem, for about 300 - 400 shots, and the leaking resumed. I took it to another shop, the replaced the Orings again, and then gassed it up. It worked fine again, when I shot it without paint. When I gassed up again, this time with paint, the reg started to leak again. I replaced the Piston Oring, gassed it up without paint, and it seemed to work fine. When I put paint in it, it still did not leak. Then, a week later, (12/23/01) I went to play a game of rec ball. This time, when I gassed up the gun, without paint - Air proceeded to leak from the piston and upper portion of the Messiah reg. I replaced the piston Oring, and the problem persisted. Now, I cannot even screw in the tank, without it shooting air all over the place. I have heard from different sources, that I should order a Parts kit, and replace the Orings, and this should do the trick, but I donot think that is true. Is there any kind of warranty that comes with the Messiah regs?
Could the reason for this be, that the Messiah reg can only handle 0 - 500 psi, and the nitro tank I am using, has a preset output of 850psi?
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I have heard of cases, where peoples regs would start to leak, and when they cleaned the reg, and applied lube to it, the leaking stopped. Could this be true? Help please, anyone....
My AIM name is - armanxpm.
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