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Teflon tape
My mechanic is getting ready to install new (hideously expensive) fuel
valves in my Comanche and he indicated that he did not want to use teflon tape on the pipe fittings. Any ideas why teflon is undesirable for fuel applications? I thought that it was pretty inert. -ifsc |
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... My mechanic is getting ready to install new (hideously expensive) fuel valves in my Comanche and he indicated that he did not want to use teflon tape on the pipe fittings. Any ideas why teflon is undesirable for fuel applications? I thought that it was pretty inert. Fragments can get into carburetor jets or injector orifices and block the flow. -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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When folks have questions like this, here is the source for many of
the answers: http://www.tagpilotsupply.com/browse...Practices.HTML denny |
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I have no idea if it's FAA Approved, but I used to use stuph called RectorSeal instead of tape on the flare fitting on 0.25" steel sense lines used on the pipeline. It was no problem with 700psi gasoline, etc. -- A host is a host from coast to & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 |
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"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message news:tfydnWk_eoK72FLanZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... wrote in message ... My mechanic is getting ready to install new (hideously expensive) fuel valves in my Comanche and he indicated that he did not want to use teflon tape on the pipe fittings. Any ideas why teflon is undesirable for fuel applications? I thought that it was pretty inert. Fragments can get into carburetor jets or injector orifices and block the flow. The only way tape fragments can enter the system is if the tape is applied incorrectly, another case of a fine product getting dissed because of human error. |
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"John Kunkel" wrote in message
. .. "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message news:tfydnWk_eoK72FLanZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... wrote in message ... Fragments can get into carburetor jets or injector orifices and block the flow. The only way tape fragments can enter the system is if the tape is applied incorrectly, another case of a fine product getting dissed because of human error. Yes, if you leave 2 threads uncovered at the end, the tape will not enter the system when you assemble it. But, the next time you disassemble it, bits may be left on the threads which may then get pushed into the sytem when you re-assemble. I ain't diss'n nothing. I've used miles of the stuff myself. -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message news:saadned3As_EUkzanZ2dnUVZ_qGknZ2d@wideopenwest .com... "John Kunkel" wrote in message . .. "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m wrote in message news:tfydnWk_eoK72FLanZ2dnUVZ_uWlnZ2d@wideopenwest .com... wrote in message ... Fragments can get into carburetor jets or injector orifices and block the flow. The only way tape fragments can enter the system is if the tape is applied incorrectly, another case of a fine product getting dissed because of human error. Yes, if you leave 2 threads uncovered at the end, the tape will not enter the system when you assemble it. But, the next time you disassemble it, bits may be left on the threads which may then get pushed into the sytem when you re-assemble. Like I said, human error. |
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