After having the sk19 for a year and a half it developed a leak. I watched the video AOA put that shows where all the usual leaks occur. Didn’t want to dunk it in soapy water so I changed out all the seals mentioned in the video. Despite changing the seals it still leaked.
At this point I dropped my reluctance to put soapy water on my gun and found air leaking from the regulator adjustment knob (above the bottle). I took it apart, took the reg apart but could not figure out where it needed an o ring. At first, I stupidly thought that it needed a seal in the adjustment knob so I tried putting an o ring there. Then tried teflon tape around the threads. Still leaking.
Finally called up AOA to figure it out. Shane was very helpful and quick to tell me to send it in. I didn’t want to send it in. I just wanted some guidance on how to fix it. He asked his tech and all his tech said was it’s an o ring. He said his tech is the type of guy that doesn’t like giving out knowledge. I get it. He doesn’t get paid to help customers fix their own guns. Fair enough.
One night I wake up at 2 am and can’t go back to sleep. I pull out the sk19 and just stare at it trying to think of a solution. A thought pops up to push down on the piston that connects the reg adjuster to the reg. Disassemble the reg and press down on the piston and voila it’s pops out. Sure enough it had an o ring that was damaged. After swapping it out it now holds air perfectly.
At this point I dropped my reluctance to put soapy water on my gun and found air leaking from the regulator adjustment knob (above the bottle). I took it apart, took the reg apart but could not figure out where it needed an o ring. At first, I stupidly thought that it needed a seal in the adjustment knob so I tried putting an o ring there. Then tried teflon tape around the threads. Still leaking.
Finally called up AOA to figure it out. Shane was very helpful and quick to tell me to send it in. I didn’t want to send it in. I just wanted some guidance on how to fix it. He asked his tech and all his tech said was it’s an o ring. He said his tech is the type of guy that doesn’t like giving out knowledge. I get it. He doesn’t get paid to help customers fix their own guns. Fair enough.
One night I wake up at 2 am and can’t go back to sleep. I pull out the sk19 and just stare at it trying to think of a solution. A thought pops up to push down on the piston that connects the reg adjuster to the reg. Disassemble the reg and press down on the piston and voila it’s pops out. Sure enough it had an o ring that was damaged. After swapping it out it now holds air perfectly.
