How can I ensure that the Boston valve is seated closed properly?
Check to make sure the o-ring is in place in the valve body. Also look closely to make sure the valve doesnt have any nicks or sand in the threads that would prevent the body from being screwed down tightly. Check to make sure the valve body is threaded straight into the base. There is a plastic retainer ring that keeps the valve body from falling apart from the base. If this ring gets pulled out of its groove in the base, it can easily be trapped between the o-ring and base when the valve body is screwed into the base. This is by far the most typical reason that people find their valve to be leaking. To correct, reinsert the ring into the groove in the base or you can clip off the ring to ensure it cant interfere with the o-ring seating properly on the base.
