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Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 8:49 am
by Haans
Morning all, Noticed that this sender unit seal is not doing it's job properly?
What type of sealant can I use to add to the seal in question ?
Don,t overfill you say ?.,......I wish I could afford it !!
Speed humps and potholes requires some braking and acceleration,...and not much baffling inside the tank!!
Would a thin line of Sikaflex do it,......something that comes into contact with fuel,....that will keep the seal
Talk to me please
Haans
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:31 am
by retrovan
Most sealers are not fuel grade, and will soffen up.
I would go to your BMG (Bearing Mann) an get a sheet of chemical grade packing, and cut a set of new gaskets.
Herman
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 12:03 pm
by german
Not sure but the old red indian stuff?
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 11:11 am
by Haans
Thanks gents,...new gasket it will be,.......with a 'small' smidge of "red indian" perhaps or not!
Ps Herman,..this .."chemical" grade? Is like thickish paper type thing ?,....like we know from way back then?,.....or is it a rubber/ neoprene type thing?
Will go this week.
Haans
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 12:36 pm
by retrovan
both will work even well
Herman
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:43 pm
by fourier
Or you could make a new seal out of thin cork. Works perfectly without any goop.
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:50 pm
by Tony Z
my thoughts too, just use cork
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 7:09 am
by Eugene
Oh man...how times have changed.....back in the day, I used my cork for something completely different
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:39 am
by Haans
Some of us still use our 'corks',....less than before ! Butstill in use,.......
Me thinks!!
Will if I. An get thin cork,....2nd will be packing....chemical grade!!
Regards Haans
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:33 am
by freddiebooysen
Haans.
You going off topic a bit there
Chemical Grade you referring to those Blue pills ?
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 2:10 pm
by Haans
Any "chemical" assistance to enhance performance is acceptable nowadays!!
Anything to stop a leak!!!!
Haans
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 1:29 pm
by Ricoffy
Haans wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2019 2:10 pm
Any "chemical" assistance to enhance performance is acceptable nowadays!!
Anything to stop a leak!!!!
Haans
Haans, a leak now and then is fine. Its the sputtering and the occasional backfire that one needs to look out for
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2020 5:57 pm
by Haans
Well.............have put a cork init !! Without ANY goop / lube or any other liquids!!
Have been for a trip to coffee and koekies in town,.....qtrly thing at the local speedshop,...
Smell is better,....have yet to fill up !,..saving up for this,...will let you know if the cork did the trick
Haans
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:31 am
by Haans
Hmm,....well. Cork did not last long !! All well to George butwhen I filled up on sunday morn, it was not long and we could not breath in the car!!
Cork gasket swelled up,.. and something is wrong. Chemical grade gasket it will be!,
Sorry only one picture of the trip,..my phone gave up on me !
Haans
Re: Ghia fuel sender unit "rubber" seal sweating??
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:32 pm
by Tony Z
use nitrile rubber
