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timbo

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Leaky petrol tap
« on: August 04, 2016, 08:00:15 PM »
Very leaky cork petrol tap on my C12. Could I just wrap the cork in PTFE tape?. Would soaking cork in water first help? Can I just cut a new one out of a cork?
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themoudie

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Re: Leaky petrol tap
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2016, 08:12:02 PM »
No, to the first, might, but why not in petrol? And, yes, as suggested on other thread champagne corks!  ;)

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johnr

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Re: Leaky petrol tap
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2016, 10:27:43 PM »
no. dont wrap it in anything. take the cork out and pop it in a pan of boiling water. this swells the cork back up to its usual size. old old brit bike trick (from a fellow beezer owner)