Leaky pot tips

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workinforwood

workinforwood

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I noticed from photo's of other people pots, I'm not the only one where you buy caps to cap off fittings but the caps are really not the correct threads. They are close, but not exact and this causes leaks. If you are lucky, a few dozen wrappings with teflon tape will seal the cap, but didn't work for me. The fitting that goes into the pot lid with the rubber gasket was also over tightened by the factory which actually damaged the inside of the seal. I repaired both of these leak spots using liquid gasket purchased at an auto parts store for $3. They had dozens to chose from, I bought the cheapest they had and it worked great, did a test for 2 days and didn't lose a drop of pressure. The gasket sealer is flexible and you can still remove a fitting in the future if need be. I spread it all over the threads, doesn't look pretty, but I'm looking for function not style. I also spread a thin line of vasoline on the rubber seal that seals the lid to the pot.

Feel free to add any other tips or suggestions what works for you to stop leaks or perhaps other modifications to your pot or upgrades that helped you do something.
 
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I've heard of people here that put the pot under vacuum and use thin CA on the cast brass/bronze fittings.......the CA gets sucked in ( the cast is porous) and that seals the cast fitting up real nice.
 
My pot was leaking around the rim.

I use a large crescent wrench to tighten the clamps now, and get up to 90 psi.

Haven't tried to go higher yet, probably no need to.
 
Mine was leaking around the seal of the lid. I put a layer of Gear Oil on the rubber gasket and mine hasn't leaked since. You can buy gear oil anywhere such as Walmart.

Another thing I did was I put a line on the lid and the pot. Everytime I use it, I make sure the lines are aligned which I have found helps also.

Hope this helps.
 
dkelley said:
Mine was leaking around the seal of the lid. I put a layer of Gear Oil on the rubber gasket and mine hasn't leaked since. You can buy gear oil anywhere such as Walmart.

Another thing I did was I put a line on the lid and the pot. Everytime I use it, I make sure the lines are aligned which I have found helps also.

Hope this helps.
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Bingo, what he said! I will add that you need to put the oil on the gasket as soon as you get the pot and before you use it for the first time.
 
No, but the gasket will take the shape of the lip on the pot and if that's not perfect you could have a problem. It's just a simple idea and it seems to work so....why not?
 
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