+1 on Herman's comment. The element does not use a flare or compression fitting, and the factory sealed with a liquid dope that sets up quickly. Tightening is going to make it Leak worse because you'll break loose the original dope. Remove it, clean the threads as best you can (and try to get all bits of dope out of the boiler to avoid sending them into the plumbing of the machine--don't ask how I know this), then reseal and install. I've used yellow Teflon tape and the factory liquid, both do great. The liquid dries FAST so be ready to go if you use it. Best, bmc
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 12, 2016, at 14:10, herman dickens <[email protected]> wrote: > > You could always try to tighten it but I've never had a lot of luck with > that. it is worth a try though. If that doesn't work take it out, put some > pipe dope on it, and screw it back in. Make sure that you use food safe pipe > dope. > >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 5:07 PM, winnipegger65 <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks Herman, quick reply! >> >> My brother has an impact wrench so I can borrow that easily enough. I'll >> check out Home Depot for a strap wrench. >> >> Are you suggesting Herman that I need to remove the heating element first >> before tightening it? I was thinking all I needed to do was to give it a >> further tightening. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Brewtus" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
