steveinak
Admiral
Weeping hydraulic tank, seal fitting with tape or pipe dope ??
The fitting on the bottom(suction) line of my hydraulic tank has been weeping since i bought the boat last year, i tried tightening it a bit but it didn't help. I took it all apart yesterday now to put it back together do i used teflon tape or white pipe dope to seal up the threads. I've heard that tape isn't good for hydro pumps and motors. The fittings had a blue colored dope on them. I only want to do this once and be done with it, its too much of a pita to drain all the fluid and take all the connections apart, not to mention the mess of the dripping fluid on my engine !!

The fitting on the bottom(suction) line of my hydraulic tank has been weeping since i bought the boat last year, i tried tightening it a bit but it didn't help. I took it all apart yesterday now to put it back together do i used teflon tape or white pipe dope to seal up the threads. I've heard that tape isn't good for hydro pumps and motors. The fittings had a blue colored dope on them. I only want to do this once and be done with it, its too much of a pita to drain all the fluid and take all the connections apart, not to mention the mess of the dripping fluid on my engine !!








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