Gainesville Airsoft

Hot Rod · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 Post subject: WE HI-capa, leaky Mags

WE's are notorious for leaky mags. This is an annoying problem. Nothing is worse then when it comes time to pull your sidearm, and you goto fire but your out of gas.

How to deal with this problem!

First, take out the fill valve on the bottom of the mag. Once you have the fill valve out, take it apart. I promise it does unscrew apart. Now that you have it apart, remove the tiny O-ring ( don't loose this O-ring). Place O-ring in silicone oil for 24 hours. when putting valve back together, inspect the main o-ring on the out side of the valve. If ripped, replace with O0ring of the same size, found at your local Hard Ware Store. For before you put the main O-ring back onto the valve, lube it with vasoline. this will help it from tearing and lube it while sliding over the threads of the valve. Replace valve being careful not to tear the outer O-ring.

Now that you have don the repair. fill you mag slightly with Gas, and listen for leaks. This should solve the leaky problem. If not you probably have a faulty valve which is also notorious of WE products. Just replace with a hurricane refill valve.

Reasons for valve to leak...
Not getting a good seal between you mag and gas adapter while filling.
Freezing over the valve, by in proper filling practices.
Using gas with no lubrication property's.
Faulty Fill Valve.

TheSteve · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 Post subject:

If you ever feel the need to take apart the magazine and lube it up, don't turn the main screw that holds the mag together too hard, or else it could break like mine. Sad

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