Yes, the two (same size) thin o-rings of the v-block are likely the culprit. Those two and the bottle o-ring are by far the biggest offenders in a RAW.
For anyone who wants to own and shoot a RAW long-term .... fixing basic things like bottle, v-block and regulator to receiver o-rings must become almost 2nd nature. IMO, sending the gun to Martin is a last, expensive ($$$) resort.
I think that holds true for almost any PCP. Sooner or later, you will have a leak on any of them.
Yes, but RAW owners actually have the ability to have the gun's designer work on individual guns
., but the basics of the gun aren't that complicated for one who wants to understand.
Ensure you wipe over with an oily rag or a squirt of wd40 as dish soap has salt an causes rust. A better option is leak detection spray.
Yes but dish soap by its design is a very searching liquid allowing it to creep into areas that are not easy to see, while the anodising of the block and the steel used on the reg offers good protection from exposure from water, long term exposure to the chemicals and salts can cause corrosion, particularly the small screw holding the valve in place, if that gets corroded, it will most likely ruin the thread in the block requiring a repair. (I have had to fix several blocks due to this)
Yeah I understand that we'll being a mechanic for 14 years I just didn't know there was salt in the dish soap never really even thought about it
To be honest, any of the sprays used by gas engineers is suitable, I prefer the type in an aerosol can because it’s slightly more foamy. Something like this.
