Air Venturi Avenge X with no Oomph?

[KBURG]

Gents,

The summary:
Tank is at 200 bar despite the gauge reading zero.
No air is leaving this "cylinder block" to pass through the reg and valve assembly.
Can't see any obstruction.

Any ideas? I willing to accept the idiot of the week award if I missed something obvious.

Cheers

 

[Bramezy]

What have you done to the gun before this issue or video? Or is it new out of the box like that?

 

[KBURG]

What have you done to the gun before this issue or video? Or is it new out of the box like that?

About 200 shots to date. I just installed a new washer on the gauges and as a precaution I fitted new orings on the tube.

 

[Scotty1]

Is it possible that you over-tightened the gauge, and thus closed off the airflow to the gauge? Those white plastic seals have been known to cause that.

 

[6gun]

Is it possible that you over-tightened the gauge, and thus closed off the airflow to the gauge? Those white plastic seals have been known to cause that.

Great point, I too have suffered that symptom and forgot about it. I was about to ask the following:

Has the condition of each guage been confirmed off the gun since the last iteration of the post? When you do, now is the time to have a second higher resolution/accuracy guage in line to reference the gun guages to as well.

 

[Bramezy]

Is it possible that you over-tightened the gauge, and thus closed off the airflow to the gauge? Those white plastic seals have been known to cause that.

Great point here on the gauge not displaying.
Not sure on the air not getting thru unless that’s the path is thru the gauge but thought it was just tapped into the airway

 

[Scotty1]

Great point here on the gauge not displaying.
Not sure on the air not getting thru unless that’s the path is thru the gauge but thought it was just tapped into the airway

Agreed, doesn’t make a lot of sense, but seeing as that was the only thing done…

 

[KBURG]

Thank you for the reply gents. Gauges swapped out- I used them on my compressor to check that they are functioning normally, and both are fine. There must be an internal blockage able to hold back all that pressure from even reaching as far as the gauges/reg/valve assembly.

 

[Bramezy]

Thank you for the reply gents. Gauges swapped out- I used them on my compressor to check that they are functioning normally, and both are fine. There must be an internal blockage able to hold back all that pressure from even reaching as far as the gauges/reg/valve assembly

Drain and disassemble fully and start looking for obvious issues.

 

[6gun]

Thank you for the reply gents. Gauges swapped out- I used them on my compressor to check that they are functioning normally, and both are fine. There must be an internal blockage able to hold back all that pressure from even reaching as far as the gauges/reg/valve assembly.

Which is why i was terribly insistent on checking them off gun. Now port obstruction testing with monofilament or a guitar string (radius the end of it) will probably help you find the blockage.

 

[KBURG]

Gents thank you for the ideas. It came down to the thickness of the gauge washer. The replacement washer was thinner, allowing the gauge to screw in deeper blocking the air passage.

 

[6gun]

But it bled air?.....

Sarcasm

I think scotty is going to get a pint in the mail.

 

[KBURG]

But it bled air?.....

Sarcasm

I think scotty is going to get a pint in the mail.

Promise is a promise. I've dispatched a carrier baboon with a sixpack of Giraffe Piss Lager. I certainly wore out the Allen Thanks & Cheers from South Africa

 

[6gun]

Promise is a promise. I've dispatched a carrier baboon with a sixpack of Giraffe Piss Lager. I certainly wore out the Allen Thanks & Cheers from South Africa

Thanks for the healthy laugh this morning too a baboon with a bag full of boddingtons is all I can picture.