Hello,
I'm trying to turn on my irrigation system and seem to be having a problem with my backflow preventer.
I turned both valves in line with the pipe, turned the small relief valves off with a screw driver and placed the cap back in on the bottom which was removed during winterizing.
When I went to turn the water back on in the basement (half way since we have high water pressure), I realized the line never pressurized. I went out side and realized water kept "burping" out of the bell housing.
I turned the water off and took off the cap to see what the issue is, it seems like it can't get a seal.
This video is after I turned off the main water and removed the bell cap - what you see is leftover pressure in the line - when the water was on it was a lot more violent. The motion is the same though.
Hoping someone can help!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0VfzC22k14
( I fixed your link, mrfixit. )
This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "mrfixit" (May 17th 2013, 10:06pm)