Notos leak

Has anybody had their notos apart to let me know easiest way to fix this leak.

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While you have the cylinder degassed, might as well unscrew the other end and replace the O-ring on the fill port screw with a -008 in 90 durometer. It’s a common source of leaks going back several years, and a recent thread called my attention to it still being a weak point.
Yes thank you for that, 2 days ago i polished the seating area for that o-ring , also removed loose chips bottom of thread area on fill port screw. Probably left behind from tapping those threads.
 
The fill port O-ring is a longstanding weakness of SPA PCPs. A -008 in 90 durometer will last longer than the OEM one.
You are right!
Today I decided to open the tube and check the leak, since all air leaked overnight.
Quickly observed the issue on the fill port O-Ring, the screw was tighten too much causing the O-Ring was flatten, plus observed a significant dent at the body of the O-Ring. Replaced with a new O-Ring and we'll see whether it can hold the pressure overnight.

The O-Ring was damaged:
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I don't have the exact replacement O-Ring for it, but luckily I found a O-Ring in a very similar size that came with the hand-pump, I was able to put it in and so far looks well.
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For people not familiar where the O-RING is,
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Nice, glad to hear you were able to get it repaired. For what it's worth, the O-ring fails not due to fastener torque but due to extrusion, which is why a 90 durometer lasts much longer than the softer OEM O-ring.
I actually wasn't sure what was "90 durometer" and I just googled it:)
That is interesting though, so you mean the "dent" I marked out above, was likely caused by the extrusion when filling the air?
BTW, when assembling it back, I tightened the screw till it barely touches the O ring(To the point you start feel the torque), it does make it much easier to fill the air, previously there was a bit spongy feeling when filling the air, I could clearly feel that I had to fight against something in order to push the air in, now that goes away.
 
Hard to say with certainty but the source of the leak was likely unrelated to the dent observed on the face of the O-ring, but rather due the thinned out material on the O-ring's inside diameter.

Meanwhile it is true that the screw need only be threaded in until the head is just beginning to squeeze the O-ring. The pressure differential created by purging the line after filling causes the O-ring to compress and seal off.
 
is this oring under the gauge? if so, how do you get to it? seems like the factory moderator will not allow the fill cap to be removed.

PULL!

It comes off, there is an o-ring holding it on. It's WAY easier if you pull the barrel first but beware, you might be asking me for o-rings for your barrel if you cut them removing the barrel.
 
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