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Triumph TR6 - Heater Valve

I am finally having a go at tuning my carbs, and I noticed that water is leaking from my new heater valve. I replaced the old one, which was rusted solid, and the pipe to the manifold, which was rusted to the rusty heater valve... The new pipe is tight and not leaking at the manifold, however I couldn't get the heater valve as tight as I might like on the pipe since there is a limited range of angle acceptable with the hose to the bulkhead. This is where the water is leaking. Am I missing something obvious? I couldn't see any way to thread the valve onto the pipe differently (e.g. 180deg from where I started this time) so I am not sure how to stop this leak. Any advice appreciated.

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Alistair
Alistair

Perhaps some pipe sealing compound or some of that "teflon in a tube" from Loctite. The main thing would be taking on application such that none of the sealing material was in the "wet side" of the joint.
SteveP

Consider converting to a heater valve from a Honda Civic. Easy to do and works great with the stock pull. Mine is 5 years old now.
Richard Porter

Thanks guys

I found some plumber's sealing putty in the garage and so I tried a smear of that on the threads - seems to have done the trick, at least for my carb-tuning and first test drive of the year. I will have to keep an eye on it on longer trips. Out of interest, what year Honda Civic? I thought Honda was all metric? Is there no metric equivalent for pipe threads?

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Alistair
Alistair

This thread was discussed between 04/05/2007 and 07/05/2007

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