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What kind do you all use??? On the NPT fittings, not the Aeroquips...
Annual install...Anthony - 98 GTS said:Is this a 2-day or 2-month install?? :leaving:
You have to use something, or the NPT's will leak...Jerome said:Do you really want to chance some sealant getting in your solenoids or jets?
I don't trust that stuff...Jerome said:NX has a liquid sealant.
Well if they are not working you just might have another problem with the fittings themselves.Snake Bitten said:The reason I ask, is I am thinking of going to a Loctite Thread Sealant, probably the 574...
Regular thread sealants just ain't cutting it...
Nah...I am just not a plumber...and was using crappy pipe dope...Loctite should do the trick...Jerome said:Did you over tighten the fittings at all in an attempt to make them seal?
Simple- pick up the WHITE tube of loctite teflon PIPE thread sealer.Toby said:From what I remember using tape is a no no and what is recommended is a teflon sealing compound.
you may want to contact the maker of the connectors and see what they recommend.
Exactly, most people have no idea that NPT threads are not the same diameter along the length of the threads. They are tapered.HP said:I guess understanding the sealing nature of NTP threads and the mechanism
of compression fittings, give you some insight into what works best.
Even though NTP thread are interference cut to provide an almost total seal,
for good measure an extra sealant is applied.
Compression fittings benefit most from a lubricant that will allow you to
apply just the right torque to create the metal to metal 45deg or 70deg seal.
Why not - inert, lubricating, with sealing qualities- and usually available. /images/graemlins/laughing.gif-RUNNR said:Bubblegum?