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Quote: the 4th hanson bro said: get some soapy water and brush it on the mattress. if there's a leak, you'll see bubbles. Yep. Quote: Then use mashed potatoes to seal it -------------------- Methinks Ted Sturgeon was too kind. 'Tis better to have one's ale real and one's troubles imagined. No, it doesn't usually work out that way, but at least you've got something to shoot for. BBBP

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Thanks for the suggestions. I don't have a tub big enough to submerge the mattress (and I don't have a pool at all), so I'll try the soapy water method first. The pump is separate from the mattress and attaches to a seal at the end of the mattress. As far as I can tell, both that seal and the regular seal (like for beach balls) are tightly sealed. Quote: ShamelessMcBundy said: Quote: the 4th hanson bro said: get some soapy...

IF you mean an air mattress like a select comfort type of bed, you need to check the plastic tubes that connect the air pump to the mattress. May sure they are seated well and check for leaks cracks (Follow the Davros method). Then try the bro method to actually check the mattress. If those two don't work, then I'm willing to bet that the problem is with the motor. Probably the plenum not seating properly. Order a new motor. OTOH if...

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Quote: the 4th hanson bro said: get some soapy water and brush it on the mattress. if there's a leak, you'll see bubbles. Then use mashed potatoes to seal it Mashed potatoes? -------------------- All hail Queen Cayla ! NN12 "You could cut the tension with a phaser set to 'cut tension'!" - galleywest "Bloody hell! Shameless said something I agree with!!!" - ymf77

just put it in a quiet spot and listen maybe put some weight on it to press air out faster. other than that maybe blow some cigarette smoke into the thing. -------------------- The reason we have two ears and only one mouth, is that we may hear more and speak less. - Zeno of Cittium (334-262 BC)

If it is a camping style on, they occasionally lose air. -------------------- "The only fights you lose, are the ones that you never fight," Abdullah Allaheed el-Bakar "The here and now is more important than then and later," Jonathan Paul Towers (2140-2189) Av by Flukie