[AT] Teflon tape hydraulic system??

[Mike M]

Thank you for all the advice regarding Teflon tape. This is on a 5 year
old Mahindra tractor, I've been impressed with the machine in general,
but not the hoses or other rubber parts. I will probably try what Tom
suggested and use a little, but stay well back from where it could
migrate into the system. If that fails, I'll need to have a new hose made.

Thanks,
Mike M

PS - a friend of mine owns a heating and cooling business, and he
commonly uses both tape, then paste on all his gas connections.

On 12/14/2020 11:26 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>
> Bo: I always stuck to that teaching.  Even though in the early days
> the loader manufacturers would supply a couple of rolls of teflon tape
> with a new loader.  Wealways used paste, or the stick which was a lot
> easier to use.   I used a lot of Rectorseal in the day.  Here lately I
> bought a lot of fittings from Discount Hyd hose.com, ant the fittings
> would leak no matter how much teflon paste or type of paste, or tight
> I got the fitting.  I even used an impact wrench and a vise to tighten
> the fittings on the hose..  So, I got to using the tape and stopped
> having leaks.   A good friend worked 10 years for a large Farm Eq
> dealer and he told me thay had to start using teflon tape on all NPT
> fittings.
> Cecil
>
> On 12/14/2020 8:42 AM, Bo Hinch wrote:
>> I was in business for 25 years and I always told a new hire to NEVER
>> use tape on a hyd. fitting . If you did and I found out , you were
>> FIRED on the spot . A person would be surprised at what one little
>> piece can cost a business or customer  in the long run .
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 8:09 AM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net
>> <mailto:crbearden at copper.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     With the chinese fittings we are stuck with now, teflon tape is
>>     necessary.  I use a brand called Blue Monster for Hydraulics.   I
>>     used
>>     paste for years as tape was not recommended for hydraulics. It
>>     got to
>>     where paste would still leak.  The threads were bad enough to
>>     need tape...
>>     Cecil
>>
>>     On 12/14/2020 2:59 AM, Tom Martin wrote:
>>     > Accepted practice is to start wrapping the fitting, 2 x threads
>>     from
>>     > the end of the fitting, that will preclude tape contamination
>>     of the fluid.
>>     >
>>     > Tom
>>     >
>>     >> On 14 December 2020 at 19:48 Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com
>>     <mailto:meulenms at gmx.com>> wrote:
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >> Hi all, was wondering if was OK to use Teflon tape on a
>>     hydraulic fitting?
>>     >>
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