FX bobcat Issues
Hello every one!
First I want that know FX Bobcat issues
I bought one and it has an air leak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI00PxNTG9w
The big problem is that i don´t live in USA…..
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If that is a round gauge, no hex sides, with 3K psi pushing against it, you may have to dry fire it until the gauge can rotate. Or..if you can get to the hammer, press on it with a tool and allow the air to escape that way.
Hoot:
Thats a simple fix…. degas the gun by loosening the gauge till it hisses then take that stud where it is leaking off and replace the oring.
if it wasn’t for bad luck, you wouldn’t have any luck at all.
Can you tell us where the leaking air is showing up? The breech, the barrel, from within the stock???? That tells us a lot.
Take the stock off. Stick the whole dang gun in the bath tub in cool water and pin point the leak site with the bubbles. Won’t take but a few seconds, then wipe it down afterwards, and blow dry the innards with a hair dryer on low heat. Sounds drastic, but water never dissolved an airgun!
Hoot:
air leak is in a hole, i believe this hole is the regulator breath hole but i´m not sure
🙄 please see the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM8lSBrZ-Os&feature=youtu.be
if it wasn’t for bad luck, you wouldn’t have any luck at all.
Can you tell us where the leaking air is showing up? The breech, the barrel, from within the stock???? That tells us a lot.
Take the stock off. Stick the whole dang gun in the bath tub in cool water and pin point the leak site with the bubbles. Won’t take but a few seconds, then wipe it down afterwards, and blow dry the innards with a hair dryer on low heat. Sounds drastic, but water never dissolved an airgun!
Hoot:
air leak is in a hole, i believe this hole is the regulator breath hole but i´m not sure
Dang!!! Camel-Loaf,
if it wasn’t for bad luck, you wouldn’t have any luck at all.
Can you tell us where the leaking air is showing up? The breech, the barrel, from within the stock???? That tells us a lot.
Take the stock off. Stick the whole dang gun in the bath tub in cool water and pin point the leak site with the bubbles. Won’t take but a few seconds, then wipe it down afterwards, and blow dry the innards with a hair dryer on low heat. Sounds drastic, but water never dissolved an airgun!
Hoot:
it appears yours is un regulated perhaps?
over on the yellow forum there was a gentlemen that had a similar issue with his. try checking the yellow forum through the google the yellow link under the dealers in the top right and see what you can find there. tons of random info about the bobcat on the yellow forum
The air leak comes from the gauge housing, air tank is empty in one day… it has a black seal, but it dont work. I tried to put ptfe tape, but it don´t work, ……
JIm from PAGS send me the seals, it came in a box with a label “use purple loctite”
Now i fixed it, but i have another issue, is another air leak, may be from the regulator breath hole
watched the video, to be honest it almost looks as if the bubbles i seen were the air escaping from the gauge itself. have you left it in the water like that for several more seconds then in the video? those bubbles could be just air escaping the gauge housing. i dont see them originating from the threads as one would think,
it appears yours is un regulated perhaps?
over on the yellow forum there was a gentlemen that had a similar issue with his. try checking the yellow forum through the google the yellow link under the dealers in the top right and see what you can find there. tons of random info about the bobcat on the yellow forum
Scirroco is not as stupid as he looks!!! His advice is sound.
A LOT of leaks are simple fixes with teflon tape around the pressure gauge thread, the pressure tube threads, and the fill tube thread. Three or four wraps will do it. More than once I found the maker simply didn’t tighten down the pressure gauge. Check for firm connections on any part that screws into another.
A quick look at wherever the FX Beluga has a fitting under pressure, and it is threaded, teflon tape the threads on those parts. Then refill and see how it behaves overnight.
Beyond that, you are probably looking at a valve/valve stem issue that needs adjustment or repair. Do a Youtube.com search for “FX bobcat” and see what advice/information is available there. A lot of owners will film their problems and fixes!
Good luck.
Hoot:
Well tell.us where you do live?
Let tge gun empty of air,then try some ptfe tape,im sure some off the guys will be along shortly,
Rgds steve
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Hoot:
First i have to allow the air scape, when was empty unscrew it i changed the seal, and put purple loctite before screw.
After one day i filled the fx, but after some days i have another air leak . please see the second link…. It was the oring regulator