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Hsuve
05-27-2002, 06:59 PM
Hey guys, need a lil' help here. My solenoid seems to be leaking, and I haven't done anything to it really. It leaks out the lil' holes in the manifold (Silver thingy). I've tried taking my LPR out all the way, then slowly screwing it in, but as soon as the ram moves the slightest bit, you can hear a leak. By the time it'll fire, it's already leaking massively. It's not the two o-rings and the funky banana o-ring on the manifold either. And does anybody know exactly what's in the solenoid, or have a picture of the internals of the solenoid? I took mine apart in hopes of cleaning it and to stop it from leaking, and I suddenly now have a small ball bearing, which I dunno if I just found on the carpet that's been there for months, or if it fell from the solenoid. Any help would be greatly appreciated, still got like 1300PSI left in my tank at the moment.

Blizzardx15x
05-30-2002, 04:34 PM
dude I have the same problem, what I am going to do is go down to my local paintball shop to see if they can stop to leaking, I will tellu what happens after I go. Also you souldn't have taken your cyinoid apart no one really know how to put one of thous back together right. Call ICD and get them to send you out a new one. But it might cost like $80

dcmander
05-31-2002, 07:33 AM
Make sure to use dow33 grease ONLY!

http://www.shockerworld.com/solenoid_cleaning.htm

simon woodstock
05-31-2002, 07:45 PM
it'll also leak if you have your lpr up too high or if it's loose. i tightened mine a little bit when i first got it and the small leak stopped. (DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN THE SCREWS, you could strip them right out)

Hsuve
06-01-2002, 10:54 AM
It's not over tightened, and the LPR isn't set too high either. The instant the ram moves, it leaked. Thanks for the help, but I lubed up one of the gaskets and it stopped leaking for some reason (Gasket I lubed didn't seem to be the place where it was leaking either... :|). Thanks again for those who contributed.