Jim mcgrath
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- Banbridge. Northern ireland
I bought a new cylinder of gas today and when I screwed the regulator to the top of the gas bottle, it leaked. I would imagine this is a common problem. I was wondering how other people fixed a gas leak like this because when I googled the question: should I use ptfe tape , it said not to use it. In the end I could only get it to stop leaking by using tape. Also I was wondering about where the tape should be placed. There is a taper on the end of the regulator fitting which seems to correspond to a taper which is in the fitting at the top of the gas bottle. I wrapped the Teflon tape around the taper on the regulator fitting, see photo. The arrow is pointing to where I placed the tape. I don’t know if this is correct but it seems to have worked.