[T3] Pneumatic screen washer Helphos Valve

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Sat Jan 29 12:45:18 PST 2011


On 29 Jan 2011 at 15:55, Dave Hall wrote:

> On occasions I've had the tyre connector hiss when the hose was touched -
> which makes me think it's more likely a problem with the seal between the
> connector outer and the spigot.  

I'd suspect the connection of the hose to the fitting. There should 
be a short extra section of hose over the main hose to keep that 
junction tight. If that short piece is missing, cracked, or mis-
positioned, it could leak there.

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