mtyakker
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Recently installes a Lako's Twist to Clean filter between my preasure tank and water softner. It was reccomended to me on this site to reinstall using unions on each side of the filter so that I could remove the entire unit in order to replace the internal filter. The Lako's has 1.5 inch male threads. I am installing the Teflon in the correct, clockwise direction, I have used thin and thicker teflon, I have used as little as three to as many as 6 revolutions of tape, no matter what I have tried I can not stop the leak. If I continue to tighten the fitting down ,and I am using a large pair of Channel locks by the way, the leak does not stop. I am completely stumped as to what to try next. Any advice would be appreciated.
These are pvc unions, it's npt the union I am having a seal problem with, it is where I am threadind the female portion of the union onto the male threads of the Twist to Clean, always seems to be leaking at the bottom.
These are pvc unions, it's npt the union I am having a seal problem with, it is where I am threadind the female portion of the union onto the male threads of the Twist to Clean, always seems to be leaking at the bottom.
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