leaking bsa spitfire

[jasond642]

Can anybody advise me on a leaking bsa spitfire ?
It holds air for a few days before its empty. I have looked on chambers site but they dont do seals for them, is this a common fault and is it easy to replace the seals on these ?
Thanks in advance for any help.

[whitevanman574]

hi jason ot cant be hard...tie a durex on the barrel and see if it blows up..that way you know if its passing through the barrel


you can match the seals up easy enough from anywhere



like manchester seals ,,,get the old one or the size and theyll make anyseal you wish

[Hsing-ee]

Ring up BSA, they fixed my Firebird free of charge. They have excellent customer service and obviously know the Spit well. The other thing is to send it to John Bowkett and get it blueprinted at the same time as having it re-sealed.

If you are going to take it apart yourself you are braver than me but here is the manual with an exploded diagramme...

http://www.airgunsofarizona.com/Manu...20Spitfire.pdf

[baz]

It will be most likely either fill valve or exhaust valve leaking, exhaust valve seat can be recut on most PCPs but only if you know what you are doing

If you change any O rings you need correct spec replacements! No 52 57 and 58 in schematic on link above

[Arch.Stanton?]

I tried to ask BSA re servicning thesevery recent pcp types incl Firebird , and was told they will not repair these as "too old" , and was redirected to Knibbs .