Pressure gauge juice

[Tony Shelton]

I've got an almost new pressure gauge that lost it's love juice through the hole in the top.

First question: What is that juice? Is it some kind of oil?

Second question: If I fill it back up will it still work?

I know it's only a $6 part, but I hate to throw anything away if it can be fixed.

 

[Connor]

The liquid is Unicorn blood, good luck finding it... hehe:sarcastic:

 

[Scott Stone]

Probably glycerin. Buy a new one cuz by the time you buy it and spend the time messing with it you will be money ahead. Don't make me call Shelly.

 

[Russ Johnson]

It is glycerin. It acts as a damper to keep the needle from bouncing. Just get a new one.

 

[Tony Shelton]

Ok, it's in the garbage.

Just FYI, this is old technology now, but Chris used to pick up free big screen TV's off craigslist work on them about an hour and sell them.

It seems each of the three color tanks has ethylene glycol in them and they grow algae in them over time. All you have to do is clean them, put in about $10 worth of fluid and the TV works like new.

 

[offdutyfireman]

No self respecting pressure washer should own a gauge to begin with, but then we are talking about Tony, so carry on.

 

[Tony Shelton]

William, your days of preachin' about self respectin' pressure washers are over. You're a union man now.

 

[offdutyfireman]

touche

 

[Scott Stone]

Any self respecting pressure washer would understand the concept of diminished returns.

 

[tomtucson]

Tony throw some antifreeze in it and you'll have a cool colored gauge, put a single LED black light by it and pow fluorescen lighted pressure gauge! I'm going outside to drain mine and do it up right now

 

[Tony Shelton]

Pimp my gauge. Fishing it out of the garbage now.

 

[Paul Kassander]

Tony, I have one I can give you just come and pick it up...