Thread locker on fuel tank?

   / Thread locker on fuel tank? #11  
Blue loctite is for threaded FASTENERS, not pipe joints. I'm sure Loctite has a product that is meant for sealing pipe joints containing gasoline.
 
   / Thread locker on fuel tank?
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If you look at the product data sheets under product specs is shows on the Loctite page it will tell you that 242 has 95% adhesion strength after 1000 hours for unleaded gasView attachment 580243

That sounds OK until you look at it the other way: It looses 5% of it's adhesion strength after only 1.5 months of exposure to unleaded gas.
 
   / Thread locker on fuel tank? #14  
Blue loctite is for threaded FASTENERS, not pipe joints. I'm sure Loctite has a product that is meant for sealing pipe joints containing gasoline.

I was a pipefitter in a factory and if I want joints to leak, i would use something other than Loctite 242. Don't get me wrong, I used Teflon paste and sometimes tape, but a majority of the time I tried to use 242 because I didn't want to redo joints. I worked on HP grease, paint, air, water and almost anything else.
 

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