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Hissing of steam air valve and sometimes water

melo
melo Member Posts: 69
in Strictly Steam

Can high pressure on the boiler, I'm talking over 3 psi cause the air vents to continuously hiss and sometimes let out some water?

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  • delcrossv
    delcrossv Member Posts: 1,437
    edited December 23

    Yes. Especially if the vent is failing/has failed.

    Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.

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