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    Anybody know exactly what this is?

    I think it is a pop off valve. It is on my work dental machine which runs off a compressor. It is hissing air and I think the valve is going bad, needs replacing, but want to be sure I know what I am doing



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    Re: Anybody know exactly what this is?

    A guess would be a vacuum control valve. If so, there should also be a regulator that it connects to...I believe.

    EDIT: Now I read that most do not use a regulator but pressure relies on the number of devices being used.
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    Re: Anybody know exactly what this is?

    They may make a repair kit for the Norgren regulator valve

    Id call the company and give them the part number..
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    Re: Anybody know exactly what this is?

    On second thought..i wager its just an O ring worn out. if you could remove the handle and get the stem out it may be no more than a faucet type repair.

    Those specialty valves can be expensive.

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    Re: Anybody know exactly what this is?

    I replaced a ring and it barely hisses now. Seemed to be the fix
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    Re: Anybody know exactly what this is?

    Good deal

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    Re: Anybody know exactly what this is?

    Late to the party but an O-Ring would have been my guess and it appears that was the majority of the issue.
    Did you think to lubricate it prior to installing?
    I do not know about the medical use of it but I would think a thin film of Petroleum Jelly might serve it well.
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    Re: Anybody know exactly what this is?

    Nope, did not do anything but put a ring in. I think I might have.some petroleum jelly somewhere at the clinic!
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    Re: Anybody know exactly what this is?

    Quote Originally Posted by Doc View Post
    Nope, did not do anything but put a ring in. I think I might have.some petroleum jelly somewhere at the clinic!
    Breaks must be a blast.

    “Before I leave I’d like to see our politics begin to return to the purposes and practices that distinguish our history from the history of other nations,
    “I would like to see us recover our sense that we are more alike than different. We are citizens of a republic made of shared ideals forged in a new world to replace the tribal enmities that tormented the old one. Even in times of political turmoil such as these, we share that awesome heritage and the responsibility to embrace it.”
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