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  • E61 flow control gauge stuck

    Hey all,

    Just bought a flow control device from a forum member, and after installing the pressure gauge needle keeps getting stuck.

    So first shot is ok, it rises and falls normally, then second shot it will become sticky/grainy in its movement instead of smooth, then third shot it will just be stuck at a point on the dial (say, 3 bar) and not move during the shot or even once I put the lever all the way down to stop the shot.

    If it take the gauge out, and give it a shake, it will go back to normal, but that made condensation get in the gauge. Then I reinstall and the same thing happens: first shot ok, second shot sticky, third shot stuck.

    can anyone help me fix this?

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    Strip it and service it. Likely water ingress.
    Gauges in this environment are more likely to be appropriate as an oil filled sealed pressure gauge.

    Similar gauges 'on machine' are feed via tube and the design employs numerous 360degree loops to 'capture' / seperate any fluid reaching the gauge internals.
    Open to others opinions here and be corrected on any the above.

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