As per subject - Can anyone confirm whether or not Milliput is proof
against diesel fuel?

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

On May 8, 8:48*am, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:
As per subject - Can anyone confirm whether or not Milliput is proof
against diesel fuel?

I don't know how Milliput itself holds up (wouldn't expect much), but
its bond to other materials fails if you soak it with most similar
hydrocarbons.

Andy Dingley explained :
On May 8, 8:48*am, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:
As per subject - Can anyone confirm whether or not Milliput is proof
against diesel fuel?

I don't know how Milliput itself holds up (wouldn't expect much), but
its bond to other materials fails if you soak it with most similar
hydrocarbons.

Thanks Andrew - all sorted now.

The consensus of opinion was that a tiny diesel leak around my car's
fuel cooler radiator, was most often due to the tiny metal fatigue
cracks where the pipe stubs meet the alloy radiator. A quick look
seemed to confirm that diagnosis, so I was looking for some means to
re-seal it - hence the Milliput.

As it turned out, the leak was actually from where the rubber flexible
pipe fits onto the stub. Cutting the pipe back and fitting a new
Jubilee clip cured it.

--
Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

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Andy Dingley explained :
On May 8, 8:48 am, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:
As per subject - Can anyone confirm whether or not Milliput is proof
against diesel fuel?

I don't know how Milliput itself holds up (wouldn't expect much), but
its bond to other materials fails if you soak it with most similar
hydrocarbons.

Thanks Andrew - all sorted now.

The consensus of opinion was that a tiny diesel leak around my car's fuel
cooler radiator, was most often due to the tiny metal fatigue cracks where
the pipe stubs meet the alloy radiator. A quick look seemed to confirm
that diagnosis, so I was looking for some means to re-seal it - hence the
Milliput.

As it turned out, the leak was actually from where the rubber flexible
pipe fits onto the stub. Cutting the pipe back and fitting a new Jubilee
clip cured it.

--
Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk


For any future ref, I've always used Petro Patch for sealing petrol (and I
don't see why it shouldn't work for diesel too, even nasty biodiesel).