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Dec 2, 2009 | 03:00 PM

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Should I use Teflon Paste on the threads on the Blow Down tube fitting that goes into the bottle? Everybody says not to use the tape so should I use the paste or are the fittings ok to use without anything and wont leak? Where do you but the paste? auto parts stores carry it???

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Dec 2, 2009 | 03:27 PM

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any parts store will have it

Dec 2, 2009 | 03:33 PM

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put it in dry the burst disc seals it

Dec 2, 2009 | 03:39 PM

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oo, the blowdown tube... ya, you shouldnt need to seal it with paste or anything

Dec 2, 2009 | 03:57 PM

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Not the tube.....the fitting the tube installs on====the fitting that goes into the HIGH PRESSURE FREAKIN BOTTLE!

Dec 2, 2009 | 03:57 PM

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Thanks Brando z28

Dec 2, 2009 | 04:28 PM

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so the bottle valve? now im confused...

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Dec 3, 2009 | 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris@NitroDaves

The fitting that the blowdown tube screws onto is sealed by compression.

You wont put any paste or anything on the NHRA blow off cap nor the blowdown tube.

I believe his question is not about the fitting where the blowdown tube screws on, but the other side of that same adapter. The 1/8"NPT threads that screw into the bottle valve. I have always used paste there ?

Dec 3, 2009 | 05:19 PM

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You can use paste there but it really isn't necessary since you have to torque it in there to 15ftlbs

Dec 3, 2009 | 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris@NitroDaves

You can use paste there but it really isn't necessary since you have to torque it in there to 15ftlbs

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