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Default Teflon tape and gasoline

On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:37:10 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
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On Mar 1, 7:59*pm, L G wrote:
Google results show differing opinions. *Has anyone used Teflon tape
without success on a fuel line thread?

TIA,
Larry


GreaT question. I have always thought teflon tape was impervious to
everything.


PTFE can absorb certain solvents and will swell, along with passing
material through the tape
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