 Gas tank bungs leaking..., Any tricks to make them seal better? |
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| bigkensteele |
  Nov 19 2011, 07:33 PM
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Major Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,200 Joined: 30-August 04 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 2,660 Region Association: South East States 
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I pulled the tank and completely re-plumbed my fuel system, including new little red seals on the bungs at the bottom of the tank. Cleaned all the hardware thoroughly before re-assembly.
Now, the garage smells like a refinery. Unfortunately, the bungs are leaking like crazy. Not quite dripping, but they are wet enough to be the obvious source of my leak. Any tips on getting them sealed up properly? Is there only supposed to be one little red seal on each bung, or two? |
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| IronHillRestorations |
Nov 23 2011, 09:08 AM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,824 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None
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Lap the fittings together. Tighten the sleeve nut by hand and rotate the fitting back and forth 90* while you gradually tighten the sleeve nut, finishing with the fitting in the correct orientation. This has helped me with seeping AN fittings more than once.
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bigkensteele Gas tank bungs leaking... Nov 19 2011, 07:33 PM
kg6dxn I would use a copper washer to seal it. The seal s... Nov 19 2011, 08:47 PM
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I would use a copper washer to seal it. The seal ... Nov 19 2011, 09:05 PM kg6dxn Go to harbor freight and buy the copper washer kit... Nov 19 2011, 09:17 PM bigkensteele
Go to harbor freight and buy the copper washer ki... Nov 19 2011, 10:24 PM mark21742 If you can't get it to seal, just run down her... Nov 23 2011, 08:21 AM r_towle I have heard of others using AN fittings and tappi... Nov 23 2011, 08:28 AM kconway If you want to use AN fittings check this out, no ... Nov 23 2011, 09:28 AM bigkensteele I ended up pulling the tank and filing the mating ... Nov 23 2011, 09:30 AM |
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