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Old 2005-08-12, 6:01am
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Finished a Mapp canister - flame went low, lower, out - so I figured: no gas. Unscrewed torch and heard hiss and smelled gas. I screwed the torch back on but don't know how to proceed. Please help.

Tried lighting again, faint hiss of gas but it wouldnt light.

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Old 2005-08-12, 6:30am
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Hi,

Check if the top of the torch is screwed on tight, I accidently unscrewed it a bit while switching the tank of propane... and my... it became a flame thrower. Could it also be that your canister of mapp is frozen ( this seems to happen a lot working with mapp).

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Old 2005-08-12, 6:36am
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I had unscrewed to torch completely and THEN the gas was escaping. It wasn't frozen.

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Old 2005-08-12, 7:00am
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I never got the last bit out of my tank. If it's pretty light, you are getting toward the end. Still a little escapes though. That might be your problem.

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Old 2005-08-12, 7:19am
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Yes but what do I do? Usually, when I remove the torch, even if there's something left, it doesn't escape.
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Old 2005-08-12, 8:08am
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The internal valve on the tank has probably frozen open.

You can take it outside and let it warm up, which should resolve the problem. If it doesn't, see below.

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Take the whole kit and kaboodle outside and remove the torch head and let the remaining gas escape into the atmosphere.
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Old 2005-08-12, 8:32am
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Whew. Thanks much, Mike.


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