Air leaking from elbow

[Shwat]

Ok so I plug my tank into my gun, turn on the air, and air gushes out of the macroline elbow that plugs into the inline reg. It feels like its comming out of the locking ring on the elbow. Is this a new elbow job, or can it be fixed?

 

[k4p84]

Hi

Degas everything.

Pop off the quick release hose, push on the collar and pull the hose,,,

Make sure the hose has a good clean cut on the end and is not damaged in any way.

Have a look in the collar. I have seen players pop it off in muddy conditions and clog the collar up with debris etc.

Make sure everything is clean and reassemble.

After that it may be a new elbow but they are good and cheap

Ed

 

[Shwat]

yea its a new hose as the old one wasnt long enough with this new ASA. its all clean.. so looks like a new elbow job. gonna be a pain with that locktite though..

 

[Monkeyboi]

mate i had the same with my ego it was one of the fingers on the locking collar was starting to snap and after about 3 days of play it gave up the ghost and had to get a new 1

 

[k4p84]

Locktite is not a problem. Just unscrew it as normal.

The locktite used is not that strong........ different grades of the stuff......I'm sure there was a thread about it somewhere...........

You don't always need to use locktite or you can use ptfe, £1 from Homebase..

Ed

 

[Shwat]

its unscrewing it from the reg though... tried with pliers but it just aint budging. its been on there for about 5 years now lol

 

[Gassy]

A hair dryer on hot should melt the thread lock.

 

[Shwat]

cheers will give it a go

 

[Shwat]

I tried using a hair dryer to get the elbow off, but it still isnt budging. Burnt my hand on the reg aswell

 

[Rider]

take the reg off, clamp the fitting in a vice and turn the reg like a handle.