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NotchJohnson · 10-08-2002, 04:23 PM

hey man, i have a zex bottle, and it did leak on me one time. im not too sure about the nos bottles, but my bottle has a hard plastic o-ring to seal between the bottle neck and the valve. I had some guy at the track fill it up, and he said it blew the o-ring. i was pissed because i only had it filled once before. i emptied it completely and checked the o-ring, it looked fine. i placed it back in there, tightened it up, and it hasnt given me a prob since. one way to test it besides just listening could be weighing it if you dont have a pressure guage. put it on a digital scale , then weigh it again later. good luck bro - John

10-08-2002, 04:23 PM	#2
NotchJohnson Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Florida Keys Posts: 593	hey man, i have a zex bottle, and it did leak on me one time. im not too sure about the nos bottles, but my bottle has a hard plastic o-ring to seal between the bottle neck and the valve. I had some guy at the track fill it up, and he said it blew the o-ring. i was pissed because i only had it filled once before. i emptied it completely and checked the o-ring, it looked fine. i placed it back in there, tightened it up, and it hasnt given me a prob since. one way to test it besides just listening could be weighing it if you dont have a pressure guage. put it on a digital scale , then weigh it again later. good luck bro - John __________________ 89 notch-finally not stock!! ported gt40's, ported cobra intake, 65mm tb, 75mm maf, mac cai, lt's,prochamber, fms 1.6 rr, 125 shot.