Sprinkler valve help, again....

Rayman_1337 · Thu May 10, 2007 10:23 pm

Ok my sprinkler valve is basically linking when ever I try pumping air into the chamber, I have cleaned it, greased it up, and put it back together exactly how its supposed to be. Before I greased it up it was making a farting type of noise when I got to a certain point of pumping air into it, now its not doing it at all, and its just letting air pass...

I tried my other sprinkler valve that I have, and its actually doing the same thing now, and the weird thing is they both worked last night...

cerberus · Thu May 10, 2007 11:21 pm

Are you sure you're attaching the chamber to the right end of the sprinkler valve? The arrow needs to point towards the barrel for an inline or away from it if you're using it as a pilot.

Rayman_1337 · Thu May 10, 2007 11:32 pm

yea I know for sure they are the right way.

roughboy · Fri May 11, 2007 12:32 am

did you teflon tape the air chamber that connects to your sprinkler coz maybe that were it leaks.

Rayman_1337 · Fri May 11, 2007 5:26 pm

yea I did, its leaking out of the side that connects to the barrel

pyromaniac · Fri May 11, 2007 5:31 pm

mine did this for a while what i did is i put a ball valve on the end the arrows are pointing to. This made the pressure equalize in the sprinkler. This built up the pressure through all the valve when i opened the ball valve it was sealed.

Also please everyone seach before you ask about sprinklers i see millions of these topics.

rna_duelers · Fri May 11, 2007 6:35 pm

@pyromaniac-Well they are a common valve and alot of people have problems wiht them so just got to learn to live with it.

As for the valves,I would say not equalizing air pressure.Maybe make the equalization hole a little larger.Maybe the pumping isn't helping either,not a constant air flow(you get what I mean?).

this is probably obvious but have you put the spring back in the valves?

Rayman_1337 · Fri May 11, 2007 11:51 pm

Yea everything is back in the valve cleaned, and greased up. Il go out and buy a ball valve tommorrow

BCannon · Sat May 12, 2007 9:37 am

What brand is the valve? I bought a RainBird at first and had the exact same problems as you. I then bought an Orbit WaterMaster (sold at Lowes and Home Depot too) and never had a problem since.

Rayman_1337 · Sat May 12, 2007 2:08 pm

Lol thats funny cuz im using an orbit watermaster now.