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Re: Fuel leak on MGTD

To: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Subject: Re: Fuel leak on MGTD
From: stevet@hbp.com (Steve Tritle)
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 19:25:18 -0500
A. B. Bonds wrote:
> 
> In <3335F209.2560@ici.net>, Bud Krueger wrote:
> >James T. Dunn wrote:
> >>       I have a fuel leak around the gasket on the sending unit
> where it mounts >> on the fuel tank.   When I replace the gasket should I use 
>some type of
> >> sealer on the gasket?  Any advice on any problem that I might have on
> >> repairing the leak will be appreciated..
> >>
> 
> >
> Well, the folks at Loctite/Permatex don't know anything about their
> own products.  I have sealed many a sending unit with good old sloppy
> old gungy old Permatex #2.  Works great (and you have semi-permanent
> stains on your hands for days to prove you are macho).  Put the
> #2 on the screws as well and don't tighten the screws too tight, that
> will deform the gasket.  Despite all claims, _nothing_ else works.
> 
>                         A. B. Bonds
I will attest to the #2. I used it in my unit and after several months
it too started to ooze, albeit not as much as before the Permatex
treatment.

steve

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