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My mechanic is getting ready to install new (hideously expensive) fuel
valves in my Comanche and he indicated that he did not want to use
teflon tape on the pipe fittings. Any ideas why teflon is undesirable
for fuel applications? I thought that it was pretty inert.


Fragments can get into carburetor jets or injector orifices and block the
flow.

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Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
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