Not long after posting this I finally found a video where some glorious soul
had taken one apart. My vision of the bladder holding the air was incorrect;
the bladder holds the water, and the air is inside the tank. I then picked at a
suspicious paint bubble and soaped it, and that's where I'm losing the air,
pinhole leak.
Here's the video if you'd like to see the innards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ybMRYrt8U
jim
On Sep 4, 2016, at 7:13 PM, Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org> wrote:
> I have an Amtrol WX-203 (installed Sep 2009) and I need to add air more and
> more often otherwise the pump short cycles like crazy. There's no water
> spitting from the air valve and no air coming out of the faucets. Is it still
> a shot tank? I soaped the air valve and don't see any bubbles. Can't think
> where the air might be going. The tank isn't rusty except for the round frame
> part at the bottom.
>
> Easy to replace and it'll probably cure it, but I'd really like to know for
> sure. Google wasn't much help, surprisingly.
>
> thanks,
> jim
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