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Experiment With Stopping Leaks--Has Anyone Tried This?

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Pappy

01-16-2001 07:07:58




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I have been experimenting on my tractors and cars with a different product to stop water and oil leaks and to prevent "wet" bolts and studs from siezing. I use it on intake manifold studs that go into the water jacket, water outlet pipes, thermostat covers, studs that go into oil reservoirs, water hoses that connect to pitted water pipes, etc. My results have been excellent.

The product is Oatey Pipe Thread Compound with Teflon, available at your hardware store. It is inexpensive and easy to use.

It provides lubricating qualities, as well as anti-sieze properties, and does not harden and makes disassembly easier. According to the label, it is good for liquids at -50 to +500 degrees and up to 10,000 pounds pressure.

I have also used it on gaskets for water and oil.

Have any of you used this product, and if so, have you had any adverse reactions over a long period of time???

I have been using it for only about two years and have not run into any problems yet.

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T_Bone

01-16-2001 19:58:01




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 Re: Experiment With Stopping Leaks--Has Anyone Tried This? in reply to Pappy, 01-16-2001 07:07:58  
Hi Pappy, I've been using Never Seeze or anti-sieze as it's good for 2000F on exhaust manifold bolts and SS bolts as it stops gaulling. I also use Red or Copper RTV Permatex on gasket surfaces and haven't had a leak and I don't put together anything without it.

T_Bone



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Gomer

01-16-2001 19:04:29




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 Re: Experiment With Stopping Leaks--Has Anyone Tried This? in reply to Pappy, 01-16-2001 07:07:58  
I tried this sealer on thermostat cover bolts in the early '80's and had good results. Oldsmobiles were notorious about siezed bolts in the thermostat covers. Steel bolts (wet) and never had one give me any problem thereafter. I've had to drill out several bolts that siezed and broke off in the manifold. Never had to do it again after using pipe thread compound with teflon.



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al

01-16-2001 15:44:30




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 Re: Experiment With Stopping Leaks--Has Anyone Tried This? in reply to Pappy, 01-16-2001 07:07:58  
I had a welded engine block with a few pinholes so I hooked my shopvac up to it with all the ports blocked and squirted High temp Loc-tite over the area,worked great and no danger of adding to much stop leak and plugging the cooling system.

al



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Bus Driver

01-16-2001 16:41:23




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 Re: Re: Experiment With Stopping Leaks--Has Anyone Tried This? in reply to al, 01-16-2001 15:44:30  
Al, tell your wife that she is married to one sharp fellow! Let me be sure I understand. You put the vacuum on the interior of the engine cooling system and drew the Loctite in from the outside. Do I understand it correctly? I think you just solved a problem that has plagued me for 25 years on one of my tractors.



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al

01-16-2001 19:46:22




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 Re: Re: Re: Experiment With Stopping Leaks--Has Anyone Tried This? in reply to Bus Driver, 01-16-2001 16:41:23  
Yes that's the basics,mine did not have antifreeze in it before I tried this.Maybe you have to suck a cleaner through first.????



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Dean

01-16-2001 08:01:10




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 Re: Experiment With Stopping Leaks--Has Anyone Tried This? in reply to Pappy, 01-16-2001 07:07:58  
I keep some in my tool box for use on threaded connections. I've used it for years and if I wasn't happy with it I would be using something else. You have come up with some creative uses for it that I had not considered.



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