Re: Steam Safety valve leak

[Benjamin McCafferty]

Cheers, hope it’s as simple as a new part!
best,
bmc

> On Aug 10, 2017, at 13:14, Toby Rose  wrote:
> 
> Re-looked where the leak was coming from - looks like it is highly likely to 
> be from the valve itself rather than the thread - Will order a new one.
> 
> I think you can disassemble - but mine is on too tight to be able too 
> (rounded off the hex nut on the top bit).
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Toby
> 
> 
> 
> On Thursday, 10 August 2017 20:41:12 UTC+1, bmacpiper wrote:
> If 5 wraps of teflon doesn’t seal it, I doubt pipe dope will either. But 
> possibly. I might try more teflon just for giggles, but probably it’s the 
> valve itself. I don’t recall if you can disassemble, but if it’s like the 
> vacuum breaker, it may just have an o-ring or other mating surface that has 
> scale, or has developed a crack. That would be my next stop.
> best,
> bmc
> 
>> On Aug 10, 2017, at 12:39, Toby Rose gmail.com 
>> > wrote:
>> 
>> Yes the spring loaded one.
>> 
>> Threads were cleaned, 5 wraps of tape.  
>> 
>> Can't see a crack in it, could be that the seal on the valve where it opens 
>> for an overpressure is leaking, hard to tell definately that it is from the 
>> thread rather than the valve.
>> 
>> Will see if I can get some dope tomorrow after work.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thursday, 10 August 2017 20:19:11 UTC+1, bmacpiper wrote:
>> I’m curious how many wraps of teflon tape you used? Threads cleaned first? 
>> Are we talking about the pressure relief valve, i.e. the spring loaded one? 
>> Is the mating surface of the spring loaded valve clean?
>> b
>> 
>>> On Aug 10, 2017, at 12:15, herman dickens > wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'd try food safe liquid pipe dope. I think that will fix the problem 
>>> unless there's a crack in the fitting.
>>> 
>>> Herman
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Toby Rose > wrote:
>>> Hi Guys,
>>> 
>>> My Brewtus 4 developed a leak in the last few days.  Tracked it down to the 
>>> steam boiler safety valve.  Took it off, cleaned and checked functions (all 
>>> seems ok) and tried to re-assemble.  However it is still leaking very 
>>> slightly, and the leak appears to come from the point on where the valve 
>>> screws into the joint of cross (4 way) valve on the top of the boiler.  
>>> Tried PTFE tape on the thread and a couple of different attempts, but 
>>> always still leaking.
>>> 
>>> Any top tips? I have some red locktite but hesitant to use it. 
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> 
>>> Toby
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Re: Steam Safety valve leak

[Toby Rose]

Re-looked where the leak was coming from - looks like it is highly likely 
to be from the valve itself rather than the thread - Will order a new one.

I think you can disassemble - but mine is on too tight to be able too 
(rounded off the hex nut on the top bit).

Thanks for the help.

Toby



On Thursday, 10 August 2017 20:41:12 UTC+1, bmacpiper wrote:
>
> If 5 wraps of teflon doesn’t seal it, I doubt pipe dope will either. But 
> possibly. I might try more teflon just for giggles, but probably it’s the 
> valve itself. I don’t recall if you can disassemble, but if it’s like the 
> vacuum breaker, it may just have an o-ring or other mating surface that has 
> scale, or has developed a crack. That would be my next stop.
> best,
> bmc
>
> On Aug 10, 2017, at 12:39, Toby Rose  
> wrote:
>
> Yes the spring loaded one.
>
> Threads were cleaned, 5 wraps of tape.  
>
> Can't see a crack in it, could be that the seal on the valve where it 
> opens for an overpressure is leaking, hard to tell definately that it is 
> from the thread rather than the valve.
>
> Will see if I can get some dope tomorrow after work.
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> On Thursday, 10 August 2017 20:19:11 UTC+1, bmacpiper wrote:
>>
>> I’m curious how many wraps of teflon tape you used? Threads cleaned 
>> first? Are we talking about the pressure relief valve, i.e. the spring 
>> loaded one? Is the mating surface of the spring loaded valve clean?
>> b
>>
>> On Aug 10, 2017, at 12:15, herman dickens  wrote:
>>
>> I'd try food safe liquid pipe dope. I think that will fix the problem 
>> unless there's a crack in the fitting.
>>
>> Herman
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Toby Rose  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Guys,
>>>
>>> My Brewtus 4 developed a leak in the last few days.  Tracked it down to 
>>> the steam boiler safety valve.  Took it off, cleaned and checked functions 
>>> (all seems ok) and tried to re-assemble.  However it is still leaking very 
>>> slightly, and the leak appears to come from the point on where the valve 
>>> screws into the joint of cross (4 way) valve on the top of the boiler.  
>>> Tried PTFE tape on the thread and a couple of different attempts, but 
>>> always still leaking.
>>>
>>> Any top tips? I have some red locktite but hesitant to use it. 
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Toby
>>>
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Re: Steam Safety valve leak

[Benjamin McCafferty]

If 5 wraps of teflon doesn’t seal it, I doubt pipe dope will either. But 
possibly. I might try more teflon just for giggles, but probably it’s the valve 
itself. I don’t recall if you can disassemble, but if it’s like the vacuum 
breaker, it may just have an o-ring or other mating surface that has scale, or 
has developed a crack. That would be my next stop.
best,
bmc

> On Aug 10, 2017, at 12:39, Toby Rose  wrote:
> 
> Yes the spring loaded one.
> 
> Threads were cleaned, 5 wraps of tape.  
> 
> Can't see a crack in it, could be that the seal on the valve where it opens 
> for an overpressure is leaking, hard to tell definately that it is from the 
> thread rather than the valve.
> 
> Will see if I can get some dope tomorrow after work.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> On Thursday, 10 August 2017 20:19:11 UTC+1, bmacpiper wrote:
> I’m curious how many wraps of teflon tape you used? Threads cleaned first? 
> Are we talking about the pressure relief valve, i.e. the spring loaded one? 
> Is the mating surface of the spring loaded valve clean?
> b
> 
>> On Aug 10, 2017, at 12:15, herman dickens > > wrote:
>> 
>> I'd try food safe liquid pipe dope. I think that will fix the problem unless 
>> there's a crack in the fitting.
>> 
>> Herman
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Toby Rose  
>> wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>> 
>> My Brewtus 4 developed a leak in the last few days.  Tracked it down to the 
>> steam boiler safety valve.  Took it off, cleaned and checked functions (all 
>> seems ok) and tried to re-assemble.  However it is still leaking very 
>> slightly, and the leak appears to come from the point on where the valve 
>> screws into the joint of cross (4 way) valve on the top of the boiler.  
>> Tried PTFE tape on the thread and a couple of different attempts, but always 
>> still leaking.
>> 
>> Any top tips? I have some red locktite but hesitant to use it. 
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Toby
>> 
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Re: Steam Safety valve leak

[Toby Rose]

Yes the spring loaded one.

Threads were cleaned, 5 wraps of tape.  

Can't see a crack in it, could be that the seal on the valve where it opens 
for an overpressure is leaking, hard to tell definately that it is from the 
thread rather than the valve.

Will see if I can get some dope tomorrow after work.

Cheers



On Thursday, 10 August 2017 20:19:11 UTC+1, bmacpiper wrote:
>
> I’m curious how many wraps of teflon tape you used? Threads cleaned first? 
> Are we talking about the pressure relief valve, i.e. the spring loaded one? 
> Is the mating surface of the spring loaded valve clean?
> b
>
> On Aug 10, 2017, at 12:15, herman dickens  > wrote:
>
> I'd try food safe liquid pipe dope. I think that will fix the problem 
> unless there's a crack in the fitting.
>
> Herman
>
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Toby Rose  > wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> My Brewtus 4 developed a leak in the last few days.  Tracked it down to 
>> the steam boiler safety valve.  Took it off, cleaned and checked functions 
>> (all seems ok) and tried to re-assemble.  However it is still leaking very 
>> slightly, and the leak appears to come from the point on where the valve 
>> screws into the joint of cross (4 way) valve on the top of the boiler.  
>> Tried PTFE tape on the thread and a couple of different attempts, but 
>> always still leaking.
>>
>> Any top tips? I have some red locktite but hesitant to use it. 
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Toby
>>
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Re: Steam Safety valve leak

[Benjamin McCafferty]

I’m curious how many wraps of teflon tape you used? Threads cleaned first? Are 
we talking about the pressure relief valve, i.e. the spring loaded one? Is the 
mating surface of the spring loaded valve clean?
b

> On Aug 10, 2017, at 12:15, herman dickens  wrote:
> 
> I'd try food safe liquid pipe dope. I think that will fix the problem unless 
> there's a crack in the fitting.
> 
> Herman
> 
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Toby Rose  > wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> My Brewtus 4 developed a leak in the last few days.  Tracked it down to the 
> steam boiler safety valve.  Took it off, cleaned and checked functions (all 
> seems ok) and tried to re-assemble.  However it is still leaking very 
> slightly, and the leak appears to come from the point on where the valve 
> screws into the joint of cross (4 way) valve on the top of the boiler.  Tried 
> PTFE tape on the thread and a couple of different attempts, but always still 
> leaking.
> 
> Any top tips? I have some red locktite but hesitant to use it. 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Toby
> 
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Re: Steam Safety valve leak

[herman dickens]

I'd try food safe liquid pipe dope. I think that will fix the problem
unless there's a crack in the fitting.

Herman

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Toby Rose  wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> My Brewtus 4 developed a leak in the last few days.  Tracked it down to
> the steam boiler safety valve.  Took it off, cleaned and checked functions
> (all seems ok) and tried to re-assemble.  However it is still leaking very
> slightly, and the leak appears to come from the point on where the valve
> screws into the joint of cross (4 way) valve on the top of the boiler.
> Tried PTFE tape on the thread and a couple of different attempts, but
> always still leaking.
>
> Any top tips? I have some red locktite but hesitant to use it.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Toby
>
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