Completely Cleaning Your bathmate Valve Guide Updated

Stephano2879

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Thanks To Chas79 For The Original Guide



Many Of You That Have A Bathmate Have Seen The Videos Showing How To Clean The Release Valve.....This Guide Is To Help You Clean The Whole Valve Assembly. If Your Bathmate Has Been Losing Pressure Or Little Air Bubbles In Your Bathmate,Then This Will Most Likely Be Of Some Help.



You Will Need A Couple Items.

1) A Piece Of 1/2" Inner Diameter Pvc Pipe, I Used A 24” Long Piece,

2) A Socket Spinner Handle That Would Fit In One End Of The Pvc Pipe,

3) And A 4mm Socket Adapter It Fits Perfectly To Push The Assembly Out…........

4) Optional........ I Also Bought A Long Wood Dowel That I Could Fit Into The Pvc Pipe To Make It More Sturdy. I Cut It To About 17” Long And Slipped It Into The Pvc Pipe


Now Put Together Your Tool, If You Bought A Wood Dowel Cut It Down To About 17” In Length And Slip It Into The Pvc Pipe, Than In The Other End Of The Pipe Put Socket Spinner Handle In, If It Is Loose Wrap Some Tape Around The Handle To Make A Tight Fit. Than Snap On The 4mm Socket Adapter To Socket Spinner Handle That’s It.


Inside Your Bathmate Is A Rubber "O" Ring That Holds The Valve Assembly Locked In Place. In Order To Clean It You Will Have To Push The Assembly Out. To Do This Squirt Some Dish Soap Inside Your Bathmate , And Get The O-ring Covered With The Dish Soap Then Use The Pvc Pipe With The 4mm Socket Adapter Side And Push The Spring Assembly Out.

Once It's Out, Clean All The Parts And Rinse The Soap Out Of Your Bathmate If Your "O" Ring Is Damaged In Anyway You Can Buy Replacement "O" Rings At Any Hardware Store. Now You Have To Reassemble The Pump, Put Together The Spring Assembly Drop The "O" Ring In And Line It Up With Spring Housing. Now Use The Open End Of The Pvc Pipe And Push The "O" Ring Back On. That's It. Now Your Bathmate Should Work Properly And Not Lose Pressure From The Valve
 
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Stephano2879 said:
Thanks To Chas79 For The Original Guide



Many Of You That Have A Bathmate Have Seen The Videos Showing How To Clean The Release Valve.This Guide Is To Help You Clean The Whole Valve Assembly. If Your Bathmate Has Been Losing Pressure Or Little Air Bubbles In Your Bathmate,Then This Will Most Likely Be Of Some Help.

You Will Need A Couple Items.

A Piece Of 1/2" Inner Diameter Pvc Pipe, I Used A 24” Long Piece, A Drive Spinner Handle That Would Fit In One End Of The Pvc Pipe, And A 4mm Drive Socket Adapter It Fits Perfectly To Push The Assembly Out…. I Also Bought A Long Wood Dowel That I Could Fit Into The Pvc Pipe And Cut It To About 17” Long And Put It Into The Pvc Pipe To Make It More Sturdy


Now Put Together Your Tool, If You Bought A Wood Dowel Cut It Down To About 17” In Length And Slip It Into The Pvc Pipe, Than In The Other End Of The Pipe Put Drive Spinner Handle In, If It Is Loose Wrap Some Tape Around The Handle To Make A Tight Fit Than Snap On The 4mm Hex Bit Holder To Drive Spinner Handle That’s It.


Inside Your Bathmate Is A Rubber "O" Ring That Holds The Valve Assembly Locked In Place. In Order To Clean It You Will Have To Push The Assembly Out. To Do This Squirt Some Dish Soap Inside Your Bathmate , And Get The O-ring Covered With The Dish Soap Then Use The Pvc Pipe With The 4mm Drive Socket Adapter Side And Push The Spring Assembly Out.

Once It's Out, Clean All The Parts And Rinse The Soap Out Of Your Bathmate. Now You Have To Reassemble The Pump, Put Together The Spring Assembly Drop The "O" Ring In And Line It Up With Spring Housing. Now Use The Open End Of The Pvc Pipe And Push The "O" Ring Back On. That's It. Now Your Bathmate Should Work Properly And Not Lose Pressure From The Valve
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There should be a video illustration to show this process from the beginning to the end.
 
DLD said:
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From what i understand from that video, removing the valve for cleaning is not safe, you might damage the pump when trying to pit the valve back in. I have already saved money for the shipping of my mityvac. Just waiting for shipping to resume.

Who knows, i might even buy one bathmate for backup just in case because I'm addicted to that pump.
 
huge-girth said:
From what i understand from that video, removing the valve for cleaning is not safe, you might damage the pump when trying to pit the valve back in. I have already saved money for the shipping of my mityvac. Just waiting for shipping to resume.

Who knows, i might even buy one bathmate for backup just in case because I'm addicted to that pump.
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You will love your Mityvac! Having a spare Bathmate may be smart if needing something more convent and you can travel with it.
 
Stephano2879 said:
Thanks To Chas79 For The Original Guide



Many Of You That Have A Bathmate Have Seen The Videos Showing How To Clean The Release Valve.This Guide Is To Help You Clean The Whole Valve Assembly. If Your Bathmate Has Been Losing Pressure Or Little Air Bubbles In Your Bathmate,Then This Will Most Likely Be Of Some Help.

You Will Need A Couple Items.

A Piece Of 1/2" Inner Diameter Pvc Pipe, I Used A 24” Long Piece, A Drive Spinner Handle That Would Fit In One End Of The Pvc Pipe, And A 4mm Drive Socket Adapter It Fits Perfectly To Push The Assembly Out…. I Also Bought A Long Wood Dowel That I Could Fit Into The Pvc Pipe And Cut It To About 17” Long And Put It Into The Pvc Pipe To Make It More Sturdy


Now Put Together Your Tool, If You Bought A Wood Dowel Cut It Down To About 17” In Length And Slip It Into The Pvc Pipe, Than In The Other End Of The Pipe Put Drive Spinner Handle In, If It Is Loose Wrap Some Tape Around The Handle To Make A Tight Fit Than Snap On The 4mm Hex Bit Holder To Drive Spinner Handle That’s It.


Inside Your Bathmate Is A Rubber "O" Ring That Holds The Valve Assembly Locked In Place. In Order To Clean It You Will Have To Push The Assembly Out. To Do This Squirt Some Dish Soap Inside Your Bathmate , And Get The O-ring Covered With The Dish Soap Then Use The Pvc Pipe With The 4mm Drive Socket Adapter Side And Push The Spring Assembly Out.

Once It's Out, Clean All The Parts And Rinse The Soap Out Of Your Bathmate If Your "O" Ring Is Damaged In Anyway You Can Buy Replacement "O" Rings At Any Hardware Store. Now You Have To Reassemble The Pump, Put Together The Spring Assembly Drop The "O" Ring In And Line It Up With Spring Housing. Now Use The Open End Of The Pvc Pipe And Push The "O" Ring Back On. That's It. Now Your Bathmate Should Work Properly And Not Lose Pressure From The Valve
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It would be very helpuful for those like me who are more visual leanrer to see a video demonstration about this procedure.
I know that it is a lot of work and I canno expect it but maybe someone is willing to do it?
 
Thank you but:

apart from the fact the model of the bathmate in the video must bu an older model (because it doesn't have any valve assembly), it is not a question of cleanig it. I was have been smart enough already to come up with the idea of cleaning the pump, of course.
The problem might be the o-ring of the valve assembly.
Before venturing into the procedure that #Stephano2879 has kindly shared here, I will give it a try with the vaseline method.
If the vaseline method doesn't work, I do not know if I will be able to remove the valve assembly and above all put it back.
I could not find any videos on internet which shows how to disassemble the valve assembly, renew the o-ring and put the all back.
There are plenty of videos on internet which show how to clean the bathmate. But I consider them quite useless because I assume that cleaning the bathmate is not such a difficult think ones would not be able to do without watching one of those videos. .
 
Its been a few years back, but I actually took the bathmate apart cleaned the valve and replaced the Oring, it can be done but it was a pita.
 
bandit2010 said:
Its been a few years back, but I actually took the bathmate apart cleaned the valve and replaced the Oring, it can be done but it was a pita.
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It Takes Me A Few Seconds To Pop It Out And Then Clean It And Put It Back In.... Total Time About 5 Minutes I Do It Every Couple Of Months I Even Take My Xtreme Valve Apart Its Easy
 
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Stephano2879 said:
it takes me a few seconds to pop it out and then clean it and put it back in total time about 5 minutes i do it every couple of months even take my Xtreme valve apart its easy
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If it really takes you 5 minutes, why don't you kindly shoot a video and share it here? :) .
I think that many people would be very grateful for that
 
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Stephano2879 said:
i tried to take a video but it is not working out i have a cheap tablet and the camera sucks
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Have no worries your description is fine and if you ever get the chance later you can shoot it then.
 
Im on the same boat like grosso, i dont know whats an "o ring" or how to clean or "repair" this, i have an x40 and i hve to repump every two seconds with the hose because air leaking is too much
 
s3x0r said:
Im on the same boat like grosso, i dont know whats an "o ring" or how to clean or "repair" this, i have an x40 and i hve to repump every two seconds with the hose because air leaking is too much
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just go on YouTube and look up how do I clean my Bathmate And you will find tons of videos.
 
s3x0r said:
Im on the same boat like grosso, i dont know whats an "o ring" or how to clean or "repair" this, i have an x40 and i hve to repump every two seconds with the hose because air leaking is too much
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Is it the x40 extreme you have?
 
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