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Originally Posted by 30 Closed Cab PU
Hi Jim,
As long as you are careful and do not get shards of the yellow tape in the gas, what is the objection to the yellow gas resistant tape?
I understand the fix it right the 1st time approach, sometimes a person has reasons to try to make the old stuff work.
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I mostly advise against tape because people use the white teflon tape, and then little bits of it find their way downstream and plug things up, causing bigger problems. Most people don't even know of the existence of the yellow tape.
At least the yellow tape is supposed to not dissolve.
On tapered tubing fittings, a thin coat of a non-hardening sealant on the tapered part will usually cover little imperfections on an old, worn, or damaged part. Tape could also do this. But applying sealant or tape to the threads (where most people put it) is not really putting it where it is needed. It needs to be on the tapered sealing surface.
