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spirovent leaking
« on: December 07, 2014, 09:40:22 AM »
I have one installed on my shop setup. Worked great until yesterday. For some reason water is shooting out where the air is supposed to come out. I was somehow able to get it to stop leaking yesterday, but no such luck today. Anyone else ever have issues with them and how did you fix it. Thanks
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Re: spirovent leaking
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2014, 05:35:50 PM »
Probably has some crap under the valve, you should be able to remove the valve and clean it, sometimes a good whack with an adjustable wrench helps loosen up the crap.
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Re: spirovent leaking
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2014, 05:53:56 PM »
Funny thing is, after the call for heat was done, I turned the water back on and it wasn't leaking. I think I'm going to pull the top off tomorrow and check it out. It also spit some water out the day I filled the system. I like to see how things work anyway. Lol
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Re: spirovent leaking
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2014, 06:44:10 PM »
I think I seen rebuilt kits are available for em.
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Re: spirovent leaking
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2014, 05:27:41 AM »
Do I need to worry about damaging the o ring when I open it up?
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Re: spirovent leaking
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2014, 06:35:41 AM »
Quote from: sceptre74 on December 08, 2014, 05:27:41 AM
Do I need to worry about damaging the o ring when I open it up?

Probably a standard o-ring that can be had at a hardware store
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Re: spirovent leaking
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2014, 06:48:36 AM »
Quote from: mlappin on December 08, 2014, 06:35:41 AM
Quote from: sceptre74 on December 08, 2014, 05:27:41 AM
Do I need to worry about damaging the o ring when I open it up?

Probably a standard o-ring that can be had at a hardware store
...worse case SILICONE it

I mean if you can't fine o-ring and NEVER want to open it again
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Re: spirovent leaking
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2014, 06:48:37 AM »
Thanks for the info. We lost power for 6 hours last night and waiting for the temp to come up in here before I tear it apart. And of course it's not leaking at the moment
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Re: spirovent leaking
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2014, 06:51:06 AM »
Quote from: LittleJohn on December 08, 2014, 06:48:36 AM
Quote from: mlappin on December 08, 2014, 06:35:41 AM
Quote from: sceptre74 on December 08, 2014, 05:27:41 AM
Do I need to worry about damaging the o ring when I open it up?

Probably a standard o-ring that can be had at a hardware store
...worse case SILICONE it


I mean if you can't fine o-ring and NEVER want to open it again
Lol. Better than nothing for sure
« Last Edit: December 08, 2014, 01:16:28 PM by sceptre74 »
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