Best way to check for leaks?
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Best way to check for leaks? Ive done everything I can think of. Felt, listened, etc. I used paste to seal the NPT fittings and made sure everything was snug but this last bottle I only got 3 100-shots which it pretty ridiculous. Everyone I have talked to is getting like 7-10 so I am thinking there has to be a minute leak or something wrong. Any ideas?
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On the bubble spray, use Dawn liquid soap, dosen't have the chemicals that'll turn your aluiminum/copper into whiteish residue. Ammonia may be whats missing?, but that's what we use at work, because of this issue. It can over time degrade a fitting.
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Originally Posted by jocko
i was just going to say that,how fast was the turn around time on the bottle fill?you have to get the bottle freezed i think and they might not be filling them enough.
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about 2 years ago i used to drop off my bottle and they would put it in a freezer,i would have to come back like 4 to 5 hours later,i don't know if that's changed but it sounds like you didn't get it filled all the way.
THANK YOU for this post. not that i didn't know how to check for leaks, but i was too lazy and i was SURE my system didn't have any.
so i go out side with the spray bottle and the soapy watter after reading this post and thinking "hmmm, my bottles seem to be going quite fast also". one leak at the bottle nut/adapter on the bottle, and one leak after the n2o filter where i put an adapter.
i had to WAY overtighten this adapter to get it to stop leaking, but it stopped and didn't strip/break so it's all good.
so yeah, check that ****. my leak at the filter was bubbling ALOT when i sprayed it with the soapy water, but you could never hear it in a million years and defintely couldn't see it. i also had the notion that i was getting ripped off by the people filling the nitrous, but now i feel differently.
another thing to mention is that NOTHING that i applied teflon paste to leaked! teflon paste is good stuff, i was expecting that crap to leak first.
so i go out side with the spray bottle and the soapy watter after reading this post and thinking "hmmm, my bottles seem to be going quite fast also". one leak at the bottle nut/adapter on the bottle, and one leak after the n2o filter where i put an adapter.
i had to WAY overtighten this adapter to get it to stop leaking, but it stopped and didn't strip/break so it's all good.so yeah, check that ****. my leak at the filter was bubbling ALOT when i sprayed it with the soapy water, but you could never hear it in a million years and defintely couldn't see it. i also had the notion that i was getting ripped off by the people filling the nitrous, but now i feel differently.
another thing to mention is that NOTHING that i applied teflon paste to leaked! teflon paste is good stuff, i was expecting that crap to leak first.