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    reboomo Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 29, 2012, 12:20 PM
    Air Release Valve Leaking
    Hell I just put in brady air release valve model bar-125. When I turn on pump water comes out of the adjusting screw. It comes out in steady stream.
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    Dec 29, 2012, 12:44 PM
    Hi reboomo and welcome to The Plumbing Page at ANHD.com. You're responding to a 8 year old dead threads so I gave you one of your own. Please check the date before you post. Thanks
    Has the adjusting screw have a bonnet packing nut on it? Back to you. Tom
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    Dec 29, 2012, 02:17 PM
    Did you install it with the float down?
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