Craig, do not waste your time with just teflon tape....
I went through this ordeal and I spent 3 to four hour of frustation just to find out that it would leak again......... The big problem, at least on my Brewtus III was the lack of a teflon gasket. Try Loctite 567 (1000 PSI pressure and 400F + safe for water contact). Just make sure you allow enough time to fully cure ( 72 hours) without turning your machine on. I know that it will be endless but it is worth. Otherwise, it will leak again. It happened to me and I learned the lesson in a hard way.... Finally, you have to run several liters of water through it to get rid of that funky taste...... I ended up selling it after testing it for one month. Good luck ________________________________ From: Craig Stout <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 9:56 PM Subject: Re: My Baby has a leak!!!! Guess I am going to have to get in there and get my hands dirty - with respect to Teflon tape - standard heat resistant tape, or is there a special food safe one? And hey, many thanks for the quick response! Craig On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Ira <[email protected]> wrote: At 03:32 PM 2/10/2012, you wrote: > >Hi Ira - nope, Insulation is not wet - as far as I can tell, the primary leak >is coming from where the bottom tube comes out of the front boiler, and the >secondary leak is coming from just below the nut that screws into the back >boiler >> > If it's pipe threads, Loctite 565 or 567 is the proper stuff, if it's a gasket, it gets harder, as you need it the right thickness so it aims the right way just when it gets tight. I have a couple sticks of Teflon rod and a small lathe I use when I have that problem. > >Teflon tape might work depending on what it looks like when you get it apart, >just make sure you start wrapping 1 thread back so none gets in the boiler > > >Ira >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Brewtus" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.
