Question for Ryko SoftGloss owners.

[Car_Wash_Guy]

Do you guys have air bleeding out the bottom of the manifold on the gantry where all the regulators and solenoids are mounted?

I have a constant bleed coming from it and one of the techs that have passed through my place said it's normal.

Thanks

 

[DiamondWash]

No it is not normal it will make your air compressor run alot more I too have had that issue, I drain the air out of the whole system then wait a couple of minutes and then turn the air back on. But I need to find the cause.

 

[mac]

I just love it when a tech can't figure something out, he just says that's normal. If you car did that would you think it's normal?

 

[mac]

There is most likely a 3 way air valve there. It is supposed to bleed pressure when in a certain mode. It's just leaking. Best way to find it is squirt some foam brush soap around the area.

 

[mrfixit]

It's only normal because they all end up doing it.. It's not normal for a supposed expert on the equipment to leave it like that.... It can be fixed by replacing a part, not sure if it's laziness or incompetence from them.. But as you'll find, you care much more about your equipment and costs than a supplier does.

Sounds like you have a Mac valve sticking by some of the comments. You can take them apart to clean, inspect, and oil so everything slides nicely.. I've successfully repaired them. A cleaning may remove enough gunk for it to work properly again.

 

[DiamondWash]

The Mac valves on a SoftGloss XS, XS2, Maxx are in a bad area the whole manifold needs to be in a water tight enclosure not in the open where the elements can erode the components. I have had to drill the heads off to replace a Mac Valve and always replace the screws even with a new valve kit with stainless steel screws and there are 10-13 mac valves and a number of adjustment knobs as well.

 

[Blue]

Do you guys have air bleeding out the bottom of the manifold on the gantry where all the regulators and solenoids are mounted?

I have a constant bleed coming from it and one of the techs that have passed through my place said it's normal.

Thanks

I had this same problem and fixed it by replacing the top brush valve.