I initially turned off the main valve then opened the stove valves to drain the lines. Closed the stove valves and let it sit overnight before doing this test. No wait - maybe I opened the main valve once while trying to troubleshoot the leak. Back to the drawing board! The test needs to be done again! -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR On 7/24/2007 10:02 AM Dug Smith wrote: >> After letting the van sit overnight with the main valve off, >> I cracked open a stove burner valve and heard a hiss of gas >> for a moment. > > Did you do this before last night? If you turn off the stove, then turn off > the valve at the tank, there's some gas trapped in the system. Try it again > tomorrow morning before condemning the main valve... 2 failures (the valve > leaking into the system, and then something in the system leaking too) would > be too unlucky :o) > > toodle pip, > -- > Dug Smith | Homer Simpson: > (mailto:dug@dugbert.com) | Wow! They've got the internet > (http://www.dugbert.com) | on computers now! > > > |
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