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1st October 2020, 01:13 PM
#431
Newly installed fuel heater leaked after 45 minutes use. thread tape disintegrated and the heater element and socket are both parallel threads, so leaked. piss poor design to be honest. waiting for a response from the manufacturer in the US. Another bee sting.
dissolved tape.JPGfuel heater assy.JPG. I think i will disassemble and redesign/build it to how it should have been in the first place and remove the high pressure drop across the device as well.
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1st October 2020 01:13 PM
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2nd October 2020, 09:31 AM
#432
OK, manufacturer of the heater has responded. 'Use more teflon tape, we use the white stuff but the yellow is better because its thicker and will seal the threads better' - what a total joke of a response. Back into the garage I go to fix another dud product.
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2nd October 2020, 06:04 PM
#433
Patrol Guru
Originally Posted by
PeeBee
OK, manufacturer of the heater has responded. 'Use more teflon tape, we use the white stuff but the yellow is better because its thicker and will seal the threads better' - what a total joke of a response. Back into the garage I go to fix another dud product.
Have you got some thread sealant Phil? Not sure of the brand, but it's basically loctite. I use it instead of Teflon for 90% of my automotive stuff.. I'll see if I can find the tub of what I use. I find it's brilliant for that kind of thing.
This;
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It's out of date but still works. I use it on pretty much anything and everything. Don't find it locks up the threads too bad when you want to take it back apart either. Never had a leak with it.
Last edited by 0-TJ-0; 2nd October 2020 at 06:12 PM.
2003 GU TD42 with a few extra ponies
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2nd October 2020, 06:17 PM
#434
Thanks very much. I have the straight PTFE liquid sealant and I think I may have a small container of something like that as well, remember seeing it during the garage clean up probably stored away now so i can't find it. PTFE should be fine, used it before - i suspect these guys have used sellotape by the look of it!
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2nd October 2020, 06:31 PM
#435
Found this stuff. typically use the Loctite in the white tube but Stag and the Mirror look like they would also suffice.paste 1.JPGpaste 2.JPG
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2nd October 2020, 08:01 PM
#436
Patrol God
Use the stag. Make sure all surfaces are very clean. The other stuff that works well is the loctite hydraulic sealant. I use it a lot on all tapered fittings at work. Its a liquid and only requires a few drops like thread locker.
Edit- its loctite 569.
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14th October 2020, 01:37 PM
#437
Installed the hose to link the two heads cooling circuit on the chev. There were issues with far earlier models of the 6.5 with overheating of cylinders against the firewall. The Optimiser redesign apparently fixed this, but I have done the mod anyway to be sure. The water flows out thru the heater and back to the motor. I simply have to have the heater line cracked to get the flow, which won't be a problem as the Interchiller has the a/c running all the time - won't even notice the heat.
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15th October 2020, 09:37 PM
#438
Insulated and foil lagged the final aux hoses for the additional heat exchanger on the Interchiller, damn fiddly and time consuming, but now sure I have the best chance of holding the cooling water temps down where they are designed to run. Started in collating the on board spare so i know what I have and where its located.
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20th October 2020, 05:57 PM
#439
Fabricated the storage box for the spare P/S pump and Vac Pump, had the necessary hoses made up by Pirtek today, all good, stored away in the back of the truck, hope I never have to use either.
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2nd December 2020, 12:50 PM
#440
Bought a set of the Marks4x4 over drive gears today. When they arrive I will get them fitted, happy days
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