Two questions:
1. Was there a gasket in there when you first took it apart? (I'm
just curious, I've never had mine apart.)
2. Has the system pressure changed? Excess pressure could be causing
the leak. In a hot water system, the system needs to be full of
water, but does not need to be pressurized to work.
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> Two questions:
There were no gaskets, just a hardened orange sealant
of some type. Same pressure - about 15psi. I need that
much in order to bleed the radiator on the third floor.
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"Henry" <9-11...@experts.org> wrote in message
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Did you get the sections back together in the right order? If in
doubt. mark them and try the fit for different orders. One sequence
may show promise and could lead to proper sealing.
Joe
You could leave out the offending section?
cheers
Bob
It didn't occur to me that the order might matter until I
went to assemble it for the fifth time, and I noticed that
I had trouble getting the 5/8" threaded rod through the holes
and that two of the sections didn't want to go together. So,
I dry assembled it trying different orders until I got the
best fit and alignment.
After trying permatex number one flexible with and without
gaskets, silicone with gaskets, and permatex number two
hard setting with twine instead of gaskets - all without
getting it to seal, I decided to use JB Weld without gaskets.
It's not leaking now and I don't think it will. If another
one ever develops a leak, I will definitely *not* take it
apart. I'll drain the system, clean up the area around the
leak and try to seal it from the outside with JB weld. No,
this is not an advertisement. ;-)
Thanks for the replies.
Henry