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monkeyboy950

  • Posts: 196
The bleeding screw on the Peter fogwill hot wash boiler
« on: January 29, 2011, 07:39:25 pm »
Mine keeps leaking when I shut off the water on my on/off tap,the pump switches itself off but the water comes out the the bleeding screw,but when I have on/off tap on it doesn't leak,it's driving me nuts
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steven ainger

  • Posts: 1953
Re: The bleeding screw on the Peter fogwill hot wash boiler
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2011, 07:42:14 pm »
has it got a small rubber washer on it  ???
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monkeyboy950

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Re: The bleeding screw on the Peter fogwill hot wash boiler
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2011, 07:44:33 pm »
Don't think so it's just a copperish colour ribbed screw type thing,it can't be tightened anymore either
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steven ainger

  • Posts: 1953
Re: The bleeding screw on the Peter fogwill hot wash boiler
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2011, 07:47:46 pm »
i was just going on whet my l5 has got, i think thats got one, its more of an o ring actually
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DaveG

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Re: The bleeding screw on the Peter fogwill hot wash boiler
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2011, 07:50:52 pm »
I had a little  o ring on my l5 but it was useless. just get some ptfe tape into a thin string shape and wrap it around the bottom of the thread 3 or 4 times.
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monkeyboy950

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Re: The bleeding screw on the Peter fogwill hot wash boiler
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2011, 08:05:38 pm »
Cheers lads will give it a try
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Roy Harding

  • Posts: 1974
Re: The bleeding screw on the Peter fogwill hot wash boiler
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2011, 08:36:44 pm »
Quote from: monkeyboy950 on January 29, 2011, 08:05:38 pm
Cheers lads will give it a try
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There is a O ring on my fogwash.

Roy
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AuRavelling79

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Re: The bleeding screw on the Peter fogwill hot wash boiler
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2011, 09:17:34 pm »
Quote from: monkeyboy950 on January 29, 2011, 07:39:25 pm
Mine keeps leaking when I shut off the water on my on/off tap,the pump switches itself off but the water comes out the the bleeding screw,but when I have on/off tap on it doesn't leak,it's driving me nuts

Watchyerlanguage!  ;D ;D ;D
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