FX Impact M3 Plenum Casing Leak

[@sallutz]

I’ve noticed my plenum also has that hole in the same spot as yours, but haven’t had any leak issues (yet). It seems to me that the hole is there by design….have you heard otherwise from Fx, indicating that the hole is a defect and not by-design?

[@WestKyAirgunner]

I just fixed that same leak two weeks ago!

[@WestKyAirgunner]

Orings E100

[@KinGr8Airguns]

hi thanks for your comment, it is not the same leak, yes I replaced the same e100 rings in another video. typically when these are the culprits it leaks further forward I showed this on the below video where I replaced the e100. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ameWmnl9Yt-Ng9ksi=L_Ni5K1K2_0kRvU7 Mine has a physical hole in the plenum outer casing which you can see in this video.

[@KinGr8Airguns]

Not them watch the video to the end, where can see the hole

[@WestKyAirgunner]

@ sorry man I didn’t realize you went over that. Mine seemed to be leaking in the same area but im not certain if I have that hole or not. Anyway I changed the orings and fixed the issue thankfully. My leak didn’t spring until several thousand shots had been made

[@KinGr8Airguns]

@WestKyAirgunner all good and glad you got yours fixed, yep bit gutted with the timing as had quite a bit of shooting and video creation ideas planned but all gone to pot now as unable to use rifle now until part replaced.

[@JohnVentarino-ey5ln]

Them FX guns always seem to have o rings going bad and there not easy to fix I was told.

[@KinGr8Airguns]

Hi thanks for comment the o rings are quite an easy fix, yes I know there are quite a few in them, but this is the trade off of on having a rifle with the amount of adjustability that you can tune and tweak to such a huge range. once you have striped the rifle down a few times and gained familiarity and confidence it does not take long at all.

[@adoni79]

Yes, I have the same issues, is stranger but yes is leaking from this part and same hole. If someone know how to fix it without replacement the plenum, feel free to share. Thank you sir for your great video for help

[@KinGr8Airguns]

Hi thanks for your comment, I would reach out either to fx direct or where you purchased the rifle to contact fx on your behalf. Supply a picture of your serial number of your rifle in case it was a faulty batch, along with some pictures of the hole and a video. But yes seems strange how their are number of them occurring in exactly the same place, thus me making the video so can gauge it and also let others like yourself know your not alone. FX are a great company who produce a great product and I am sure will see us right. However at the very least I would have thought it would have bypassed an O ring rather than find a weak point in the outer casing which is potentially at the end of the internal thread.

[@adoni79]

@ I found something, Ernest was disassembly one m4 plenum, look like new one m3 version came with this hole from manufacture, mine have this and I change the inner o’rings and now no leak from there, maybe this can fix the issues, my old o’rings was broken, since I changed it, now no leak from this area. Try it👋

[@KinGr8Airguns]

​@@adoni79 i just checked on one of my previous videos and mine definately does not appear to have the hole in this location on the previous video. I shall do some more investigation but my current understanding is why have a hole in an air tank casing.

[@Danielhenning86]

I regret buying my FX Wildcat Mk3. It is down with leaks more then it is running. I will never buy another FX again! Also I got it in 30 cal and the regulator will not get to the 150bar max as it should. I had to buy new belleville washers from Huma in order to achieve 150bar reg pressure. Looks like no quality control was done. For the cost of an FX it is just not worth the trouble.

[@KinGr8Airguns]

Hi thanks for your comment sorry to hear that, can't comment on your fx Wildcat M3 however in regards to my FX impact yes they are a finely tuned piece of hardware, yes they do require constant maintenance and tweakes to "dial them in" to the various pellet / slug / barrel calibre changes etc. However this is to be expected with such a configurable and modular setup. Just like a front line fighter jet it's only as good as it's maintenance crew. If your regulator is not hitting the expected setting from new have you tried reaching out to FX ?