If I suspect moisture getting into my Wildcat question...

[LSS152]

If I suspect that there is moisture getting into the air tube on my MK3 from my compressor how do check it and or dry it out? does it take very long to damage the parts inside the gun if water is present? Is there a you tube video or some other resource that demonstrates this? Thanks for the help!

 

[acs]

IME, water itself doesn't do the damage, its not good for gun operation/consistency, but most guns don't have many steel/iron parts that will rust with a little water.

Problem is, that water stays in the tube, plenum, valve, etc, and after a while in the right conditions algae/mold/fungus grows, when growing some forms give of acidic/caustic waste that attacks o-rings and if left long enough it can attack alum parts and other softer parts. It takes a while in the right conditions to grow, maybe years.

So if you take apart your gun and it smells like a weasyanna bayou, time to disinfect/clean it... .

Might want to do a search here for filters/driers and proper compressor setup to avoid moisture contamination...

jmo

 

[kayaker]

It can damage you air tube , how long I do not know but If you suspect it I would degas & check it .Here's what I found in a m-rod tube (bought at a garage sale)

 

[Birdslayer]

I have a omega supercharger and I've accidentally let my gun fill for 15 min without bleeding the moisture off but I've never had any issues. what happened to make you have a concern? 

 

[LSS152]

Gun shoot fine. When I filled the gun last night with my Yong Heng when I turned the bleed screw the air felt a little wet. Made wonder if it was making it into my air tube. I may just de-pressurize the air tube take the gauge off and inspect the inside of the tube just to make sure everything is okay.

 

[Removed]

The problem I've found is with non anodized parts, they get corrosion over time. This is especially the case with people who use hand pumps or cheap compressors with junk filters. As part of a yearly maintenance I usually disassemble, clean and reseal. Wouldn't worry to much but plan on doing some maintenance at some point.

 

[wyshadow]

When I first got in to this hobby, I had the mrod + handpump bundle. Had this setup for years. After several years of ownership, I took apart the air tube and found droplets of water all in the tube. I wiped out the tube with a cloth, sprayed the tube with brake cleaner, and wipe again. From what I remember, I did see some oxidation on the cloth but nothing alarming. I did noticed the air gauge block was off color in some parts but with a quick spray and re-lube with silicone, it looked good. The valve look fine and everything else. After this experience, I started looking into really good moisture filters