caktus
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My Jet pump is leaking at the top where it gets primed. The pump is mounted on top of a 40 gal. precharged tank and the lines between the tank and pump are PVC. Even using teflon tape I can't stop the leak. I screw the fitting into the top of the pump hand tight then tighten 1/8 turn further at wich point I can no longer turn it by hand in either direction. But when I cement to this fitting the PVC line that comes from the bottom of the tank, prime and turn on the pump this fitting screwed into the top of the pump again leaks.
I took the problem to a clerk at the local hardware and was told to use pipe dope and was sold a tube of Pipe Thread Compound. After getting home and finding a magnifing glass and the instructions on the tube it said "DO NOT USE ON PVC".
Can some advise me just what the real deal is. I'm kind of in the woods and my shallow (29') well is my only source of water. This leak is causing the pump to turn on for about 3 seconds every minute. And about once a day this leak causes the pump to loose prime and has to be reprimed. And frankly, I think I'm about to bug-out like a cockroach on Raid.
Any help to fix this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks. Have a great day.