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Re: Other: Why didn't all that sealant stop my bul
By:Marc Upchurch
Date: 9/5/2016, 12:11 am
In Response To: Other: Why didn't all that sealant stop my bulkhead leak? *PIC* (JohnAbercrombie)

When I worked fuel sealing for aircraft, the only lesson that always worked was to never seal a leak on the leaking side.
You always had to seal the side where the pressure was pushing the fluid. Water, fuel, hydraulic oil, air - didn't matter what it was.
The only thing that sealant on the low pressure side did was confuse just where the leak was coming from.

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Other: Why didn't all that sealant stop my bulkhead leak? *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 9/4/2016, 12:34 pm
Re: Other: Why didn't all that sealant stop my bul
Marc Upchurch -- 9/5/2016, 12:11 am
Re: Other: Why didn't all that sealant stop my bul
JohnAbercrombie -- 9/5/2016, 2:25 am
Re: Other: Why didn't all that sealant stop my bul
Marc Upchurch -- 9/5/2016, 8:26 am
Re: Other: Why didn't all that sealant stop my bul *PIC*
JohnAbercrombie -- 9/5/2016, 12:00 pm
Re: Other: Why didn't all that sealant stop my bul
Marc Upchurch -- 9/5/2016, 12:54 pm
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Yoshi -- 9/5/2016, 1:18 pm
Re: Other: Why didn't all that sealant stop my bul
Marc Upchurch -- 9/5/2016, 2:30 pm
Re: Other: Why didn't all that sealant stop my bul
Paul D -- 9/6/2016, 2:29 pm