P38A Valve block

kurtjohnson10 · Oct 21, 2018

Datatek said:
Valve block is supposedly new so should be good.

It is new Datatek i sold it to him.
It has also been fully tested i can assure him. If he is having the same fault after replacing a compressor and a valve block then the fault must generally lay elsewhere. Thats why i leave it to the real experts on here like yourself and Wammers to help the members. You both have saved me thousands over the years.

kurtjohnson10 · Oct 21, 2018

Datatek said:
Valve block is supposedly new so should be good.

It is new Datatek i sold it to him.
It has also been fully tested i can assure him. If he is having the same fault after replacing a compressor and a valve block then the fault must generally lay elsewhere. Thats why i leave it to the real experts on here like yourself and Wammers to help the members. You both have saved me thousands over the years.

pete12345 · Oct 21, 2018

Yer kurt valve block working fine

wammers · Oct 21, 2018

pete12345 said:
Yer kurt valve block working fine

You CANNOT know that until you get a tank full of air. I have no doubt it will but EAS is one step at a time. You have not learned how to dance yet.

pete12345 · Oct 21, 2018

No leaks from bags took pipe off the bottom of the air dryer and air coming through that so far so good

pete12345 · Oct 21, 2018

What pipe goes to the tank from the valve block

wammers · Oct 21, 2018

pete12345 said:
What pipe goes to the tank from the valve block

I have already told you this. The 6 mm pipe nearest the front of the car. Number 6 on the EAS box.

pete12345 · Oct 21, 2018

Ok cheers again just mine are all coloured so I've I put compressor onto that pipe it should fill the tank

wammers · Oct 21, 2018

pete12345 said:
Ok cheers again just mine are all coloured so I've I put compressor onto that pipe it should fill the tank

They are colour coded to designate to which corner they go. Blue, Green, red and plain. It should be obvious which the tank feed pipe is although it has no colour code.

pete12345 · Oct 21, 2018

One of my pipes going to the air bags is just plain black

pete12345 · Oct 21, 2018

One of my pipes going to the air bags is just plain black and purple to 6

wammers · Oct 21, 2018

pete12345 said:
One of my pipes going to the air bags is just plain black and purple to 6

Connect to that then you should be able to hear any leak. Yep numpty me purple to 6.

pete12345 · Oct 21, 2018

Cheers wammers c you learn something new everyday thanks for all your help

wammers · Oct 21, 2018

pete12345 said:
Cheers wammers c you learn something new everyday thanks for all your help

The one on my car does not have a colour code to pipe 6 it is plain. Maybe changed at some stage.

wammers · Oct 21, 2018

Even if it has no code basically the plain pipe that won't reach it does not fit there.

pete12345 · Oct 21, 2018

I just put 138psi into the tank through that pipe I could hear air going in the tank underneath the car n/s but when I put the pipe back into the block it just keeps coming out and isn't being held in by the Collette for some reason I let all the air pressure dye down and it still won't stay in there

Datatek · Oct 21, 2018

kurtjohnson10 said:
It is new Datatek i sold it to him.
It has also been fully tested i can assure him. If he is having the same fault after replacing a compressor and a valve block then the fault must generally lay elsewhere. Thats why i leave it to the real experts on here like yourself and Wammers to help the members. You both have saved me thousands over the years.

I did say that as the valve block was new it should be OK.

Datatek · Oct 21, 2018

pete12345 said:
I just put 138psi into the tank through that pipe I could hear air going in the tank underneath the car n/s but when I put the pipe back into the block it just keeps coming out and isn't being held in by the Collette for some reason I let all the air pressure dye down and it still won't stay in there

Tank is on the off side on mine. Pipe travels along the N/S from the valve block, across over the rear cross member to the O/S and into the rear end of the tank.

pete12345 · Oct 21, 2018

U think Mabey just a collet replacement may do it then

Datatek · Oct 21, 2018

pete12345 said:
U think Mabey just a collet replacement may do it then

No, the collets just hold the pipe in, the O rings make the joint airtight.

wammers · Oct 21, 2018

pete12345 said:
I just put 138psi into the tank through that pipe I could hear air going in the tank underneath the car n/s but when I put the pipe back into the block it just keeps coming out and isn't being held in by the Collette for some reason I let all the air pressure dye down and it still won't stay in there

The idea of filling the tank and pipe is to check for leaks. Pressurise it and see if it leaks down. Think you may have a big leak in the pipe if you can hear air escaping from N/S.

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