# sealing a fitting **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [April 28, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028 "2007-04-28T15:55:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mista\_Sparkoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Mista\_Sparkoh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mista_Sparkoh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/1 "2007-04-28T15:55:19Z")
So I finally managed to relieve a kink in my oil line for my oil pressure gauge but now the fitting I’ve put is leaking oil. Here’s a pic of the fitting elbow: ![http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/KennethChan/DSC01735.jpg](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/KennethChan/DSC01735.jpg) The oil is leaking from the threads so as a temporary fix, I jus stuffed napkins to soak up the oil leaks, but is there any permenant way to seal the threads? ---
**Author:** ![Keez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/keez/32/5570_2.png) [@Keez](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Keez)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/2 "2007-04-28T16:30:19Z")
there is white thread tape, you just wrap it around the threads and thread it back in. plumbers love it ---
**Author:** ![robbbby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@robbbby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robbbby)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/3 "2007-04-28T17:41:51Z")
Telfon tape should work, but I use something called pipe dope on any thread that needs to seal on my vehicle. It is a white paste that is used by pipe fitters for rigid conduit when doing gas lines. [http://www.gfthompson.com/pipes.html](http://www.gfthompson.com/pipes.html) I use the pro dope compound. It resists everything! Gasoline, oil, steam, etc. I have never had a single leak on any fastener that I used this stuff on. ---
**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/4 "2007-04-28T19:08:27Z")
Just don’t get any on you. Teflon Tape is your best option, it’s dirt cheap, and works like a champ. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@Dark\_Zero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dark_Zero)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/5 "2007-04-29T08:05:03Z")
> [@robbbby"](#): > > Telfon tape should work, but I use something called pipe dope on any thread that needs to seal on my vehicle. It is a white paste that is used by pipe fitters for rigid conduit when doing gas lines. > > [http://www.gfthompson.com/pipes.html](http://www.gfthompson.com/pipes.html) > > I use the pro dope compound. > > It resists everything! > Gasoline, oil, steam, etc. > > I have never had a single leak on any fastener that I used this stuff on. its for a completely different application… hes using brass fittings he should use teflon tape. ---
**Author:** ![robbbby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@robbbby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robbbby)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/6 "2007-04-29T10:24:08Z")
What does the application have to do with it? That pipe dope can be used on any thread. And yes teflon is just fine for tapered brass fittings, I never said it wasn’t. That paste that I posted is usually applied over top of teflon tape anyways. ---
**Author:** ![G-E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/g-e/32/5546_2.png) [@G-E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/G-E)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/7 "2007-04-29T22:02:57Z")
they also sell white teflon paste for people with no dexterity ---
**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/8 "2007-04-30T14:27:30Z")
Yeah, make sure you wrap it \*with the threads, or you’ll re-do it like 15 times before you figure out why it’s not working. \*wrap the tape in the same direction you’d turn the fitting to screw it in. ---
**Author:** ![Mista\_Sparkoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Mista\_Sparkoh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mista_Sparkoh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/9 "2007-04-28T15:55:19Z")
So I finally managed to relieve a kink in my oil line for my oil pressure gauge but now the fitting I’ve put is leaking oil. Here’s a pic of the fitting elbow: ![http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/KennethChan/DSC01735.jpg](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/KennethChan/DSC01735.jpg) The oil is leaking from the threads so as a temporary fix, I jus stuffed napkins to soak up the oil leaks, but is there any permenant way to seal the threads? ---
**Author:** ![Keez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/keez/32/5570_2.png) [@Keez](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Keez)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/10 "2007-04-28T16:30:19Z")
there is white thread tape, you just wrap it around the threads and thread it back in. plumbers love it ---
**Author:** ![robbbby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@robbbby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robbbby)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/11 "2007-04-28T17:41:51Z")
Telfon tape should work, but I use something called pipe dope on any thread that needs to seal on my vehicle. It is a white paste that is used by pipe fitters for rigid conduit when doing gas lines. [http://www.gfthompson.com/pipes.html](http://www.gfthompson.com/pipes.html) I use the pro dope compound. It resists everything! Gasoline, oil, steam, etc. I have never had a single leak on any fastener that I used this stuff on. ---
**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/12 "2007-04-28T19:08:27Z")
Just don’t get any on you. Teflon Tape is your best option, it’s dirt cheap, and works like a champ. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@Dark\_Zero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dark_Zero)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/13 "2007-04-29T08:05:03Z")
> [@robbbby"](#): > > Telfon tape should work, but I use something called pipe dope on any thread that needs to seal on my vehicle. It is a white paste that is used by pipe fitters for rigid conduit when doing gas lines. > > [http://www.gfthompson.com/pipes.html](http://www.gfthompson.com/pipes.html) > > I use the pro dope compound. > > It resists everything! > Gasoline, oil, steam, etc. > > I have never had a single leak on any fastener that I used this stuff on. its for a completely different application… hes using brass fittings he should use teflon tape. ---
**Author:** ![robbbby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@robbbby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robbbby)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/14 "2007-04-29T10:24:08Z")
What does the application have to do with it? That pipe dope can be used on any thread. And yes teflon is just fine for tapered brass fittings, I never said it wasn’t. That paste that I posted is usually applied over top of teflon tape anyways. ---
**Author:** ![G-E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/g-e/32/5546_2.png) [@G-E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/G-E)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/15 "2007-04-29T22:02:57Z")
they also sell white teflon paste for people with no dexterity ---
**Author:** ![DJPyro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/16 "2007-04-30T14:27:30Z")
Yeah, make sure you wrap it \*with the threads, or you’ll re-do it like 15 times before you figure out why it’s not working. \*wrap the tape in the same direction you’d turn the fitting to screw it in. ---
**Author:** ![Mista\_Sparkoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Mista\_Sparkoh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mista_Sparkoh)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sealing-a-fitting/106028/17 "2007-04-30T17:39:18Z")
done and done…thanks guys