nitrous bottle stuck open?
07-01-2009, 07:20 PM
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nitrous bottle stuck open? I've got a NOS dry kit, hasn't been run in a while. I went to hook the bottle up and turn it on and now it won't stop. Can the valve on the bottle go bad and not close once I opened it? The problem is that I have a slight leak around a pressure gauge I just put in and it's leaking out inside my car. Should I just pull it off and waste a brand new fill and replace the bottle?
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I've got a NOS dry kit, hasn't been run in a while. I went to hook the bottle up and turn it on and now it won't stop. Can the valve on the bottle go bad and not close once I opened it? The problem is that I have a slight leak around a pressure gauge I just put in and it's leaking out inside my car. Should I just pull it off and waste a brand new fill and replace the bottle?
I would lean towards debris stuck on the valve or a tear in the teflon seal for it to leak.
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07-01-2009, 09:01 PM
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I got the leak fixed, it had teflon I just had to tighten it down more. The bottle still won't close though, I twisted the on/off handle as tight as I could and it still reads 950 psi and starts spraying HARD as soon as I crack the line open to take the bottle out of the car. I guess my only option is to empty the bottle and check if anything got stuck in the valve?
