Maxflo problem...?

[PaintballCartel]

I bought my Impy from FOM 1 month ago and have used it 4 times to include 1 tourney. It's set up w/ voodoo full flow, delrin bolt, blade trigger, and vert. maxflo.
The problem is this; after about 5 or 10 minutes of being aired up the pressure on the max-flo begins to climb. It will climb from 150 (where I have it set) to over 220 then the max-flo bleeds itself. I can only keep the pressure down by firing off a round every minute or two...It has acted this way since I got it....My friends FOM Impy does NOT do this. What's the deal?

Any help FOM?

[strange1]

mine works greeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaat :cool: beisdes the air goes quick but free nitro :)

Team: The Cartel

[joejoe]

Cartel, are you running CO2?
I am, and right after I get a fill, the pressure acts up.
Though the antisiphon works good, cold weather and CO2 aren't very friendly to the MaxFlow. But I still like CO2, and I get a lot of shots out of it.
I probably won't be playing too much during the winter anyway, so it shouldn't be too big of a deal for me.

[PaintballCartel]

I use Nitro.

45/4500 tank.

Any help on Max-flo?

[Killer Kat]

Have you tried cleaning and relubing (only with Dow 33) your reg? Check that out and let us know how that works for you!

[Weasel00]

In the front part of the reg there is a spool looking thing. Take the cap off and all the stuff inside the cap. Pull the spool out inspect the O-ring and clean everthing up well. Relube it with Dow 33 and then reinstall it. Gas it up again and try it.

Jared

[joejoe]

Originally posted by PaintballCartel
I use Nitro.

45/4500 tank.

Any help on Max-flo?

Which tank brand? How many shots? How much?

[Shine]

I have been having the same problem with mine but this weekend I am going to lube it and I will tell you if that works.

[C4pyro]

My maxflo on my shocker was doing that as well. I have had mine a lot longer but you should first off clean out your reg and lube it like Kat said and if that doesn't work, buy a rebuild kit for it which is just a bunch of O-rings and a filter. This helped mine. Now it stays where I put it.

[-RuShPB227-]

I use c02 and my Imp never sneaks up and overpressurizes on me. Like kat said, check out your reg and look at you valve as well. good luck impy brother!

[FOM]

This is an o-ring problem. there are two likly suspects. the first is the most common.

When you take front of the reg apart, you will pull out the spring and spring cap-- be careful of the little pin in the center. this has a flat end and a radiused end (cerved) when you reassemble -make sure oy get the radusied end toward the Piston.

Now the Piston This is a brass peice that has an o-ring aroundt it. It also has the worlds smallest o-ring INSIDE it. (most fokes never even see this little guy) I will bet that that little guy is your problem. When it gets hard, the reg starts to "creap"-- just what you are discribing.

You need to pull this out with a dental pick and greese up another one to replace it. It SEEMS impossible to get in at first. I normaly fource one corner into the opening, then use something flat like the end of a punch or the end of a larger allen wrench to push down on the o-ring. it will seem impossible to get in, then suddenly something will go right and it will pop right in!.

I would replace this first and re greese and reassamble and try it BEFOR I tried to take apart the back end of the reg. Just FYI-- this is exactly the same little o-ring that comes with the Smart Parts on/off valve. so a lot of dealers don't know that they have the exact replacement o-ring you need <G>

If that does not cure the problem, the other o-ring that it could be is in the back of the reg (ahve to take off the back) the o-ring it most likey will be it the one that is sandwitched between two cupped O-rings. I won't go into detail on this, because I'm about 85% certain the tiney o-ring in the front will take care of the problem.

FOM

[PaintballCartel]

Thanks for the info. I replaced the iddy biddy o-ring and it worked!

*A note to anyone else who tries to replace this o-ring...When you pop the old one out it flys out of there to be gone forever...so BE SURE you have a new one to replace it with. I put one side in and pushed it the rest of the way in on the flat surface of my coffee table.*

Laters.