Bulkhead sealing, rubber gasket or silicone

[lnevo]

Theres no point to teflon tape. The threads on the outside of the bulkhead is not where its going to leak. As far as silicone, i've heard silicone grease not regular silicone and an extra 1/4 turn with channel locks.

 

[mskvarenina]

My leak is coming from the PVC fitting screwing into the bulkhead. The bulkhead to tank is sealed well.

 

[edd]

i use liquid teflon, much better than tape. down fall is, if you need to remove it its hard to break loose.

 

[mskvarenina]

So the TFT paste worked like a charm. No leaks! Tank is full of water now and running nicely.

 

[edd]

what is tft paste?

 

[mskvarenina]

It's a liquid form more or less of Teflon tape. I just squeezed it out from the tube onto the threads putting some on the female and the rest all round the male just like Teflon tape and screwed the 2 together. It's been several days now and nothing is leaking. Definitely a lot easier than Teflon tape!

 

[edd]

It's a liquid form more or less of Teflon tape. I just squeezed it out from the tube onto the threads putting some on the female and the rest all round the male just like Teflon tape and screwed the 2 together. It's been several days now and nothing is leaking. Definitely a lot easier than Teflon tape!

so its the same stuff i mentioned. it works well, but hard to disassemble.
glad it work out.

 

[mskvarenina]

Yes, same stuff. Well I'm hoping I never have to disassemble but I purchased a spare set of both bulkheads and connected the piping to unions so I could easily disassemble and replace a bulkhead if I could not break the seal.