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#1
01-23-2021, 07:08 PM
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Temp Sender
Should a guy use Teflon tape on temp sender?
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#2
01-23-2021, 07:17 PM
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You can, just don't use to much.
I prefer a liquid Teflon myself. |
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01-23-2021, 07:41 PM
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If your threading into Aluminum, I would for sure use tape so you don’t run the pipe thread of the sender in so deep to get a seal that it expands out the Aluminum. In other words you get the needed seal with less force.
Also in this type of situation I would for sure use tape, not liquid! If your just going into cast iron with a brass sender and those threads are good and so are those on the in the cast iron then I would just put it right in like the factory does! If there both cast iron then I would use the liquid Teflon to avoid rust issues.
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#4
01-23-2021, 10:22 PM
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Most of our senders are single wire and rely on a ground path through the threads. A wrap of Teflon tape can nicely isolate the sender and cause problems. Liquid sealant would be a little better and I probably go overboard using anti-seize paste on my senders.
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#5
01-23-2021, 10:27 PM
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NO, never had a leak there in 53 years of ownership.
Needs a clean ground. |
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#6
01-24-2021, 02:55 AM
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Anti-seize or nothing at all
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#7
01-24-2021, 08:09 AM
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95% of the time you will still get a good to go electrical ground with just one rap of Teflon tape yet still get a improved seal.
If your sender is brass like what I had with my 1/8” pipe thread electric fuel pressure sender I used tape for a better seal and then soldered a separate ground wire on with a lug on the other end which was grounded in my case at the carb mounting pad just to insure a 100% ground , and more importantly no ground spark’s near the fuel itself! I myself do not like using antisieze anywhere external on a motor next to where it can be seen, as in next to a nice painted surface since it will always run out or off to some extent and look like crap!
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#8
01-24-2021, 07:52 PM
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