My old one did it and my new one does it. When the valve on my 1983 westy
went bad, its replacement was kinda hard to find. Mr Condelli has a nice
replacement, though, at a price well worth the shipping from Canada.

Jim

On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mine makes a sound when I turn it on after it has been off a while. It
> does not sound like escaping gas, but gas being equalized between to
> chambers.
>
> More like a "bump" than a "pfft." Pretty technical, I realize.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Now the plot sickens.  IF I hear a pffft, AND the seal is working
>> correctly THEN the pffft is merely filling the oddly empy 'rest of the
>> system'.  Since the pffft is often no more than a pfft, the regulator
>> may have a 'seep' that slowly empties the rest of the gas plumbing.
>> Soap spray on the way after I get a look down under for obvious
>> culprits.  No sense replacing perfectly good functioning parts even if
>> they are victims of old age and decreptation, horrid age spots, and
>> pattern baldness.
>>
>> Pensionerd.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Ryan Press <ryan@presslab.us> wrote:
>> > Yeah, on some valves turning the stem all the way out will compress
>> > the packing washer, creating a tighter seal.  The Westy tank valve
>> > isn't like this.
>> >
>> > I could see how that o-ring would commonly leak in the middle of the
>> > valve range; there would be more wear and corrosion in the middle.
>> > But any kind of leakage means the valve is failing, even if the
>> > leakage stops when turned all the way out.  A propane leak is not
>> > acceptable.
>> >
>> > New valves aren't that expensive either (maybe $50) so that's another
>> > good option for a leaking service valve.
>> >
>> >
>> > Ryan
>> >
>> > On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:08 PM, chris and/or ruth
>> > <populuxe59@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >> I know on some valves, there is a solid seal formed when the center
>> plug is all the way up or all the way down. When it's in between, it relies
>> on only an O-ring to seal and that is not designed to hold back the gas
>> full time, it is intended only for valve operation.
>> >>
>> >> Other valves need to be turned all the way in or out---then turned
>> back a quarter turn after the stop.
>> >>
>> >> Which style would a propane tank be?
>> >>
>> >> Chris 3
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Re: Repairing the propane turn on valve
>> >>
>> >> Um, I set my valve to either on or off. What's the point of a partway
>> >> setting?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> >> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> >> Bend, Ore.
>>
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