Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:30:20 -0400
From: Finn Lassen <finn.lassen@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] ProSeal question
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Search the RV-list archives and I think you'll find advice on using 
green Locktite (?). I think capillary action will suck it into the pin hole.

http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?t=24027&highlight=green+locktite

Finn


Ernest Christley wrote:
> Only peripherally related to rotary engines, but I have a question 
> about ProSeal that some of you RV guys would know.
>
> I'm trying to seal my fuel tank, and have a pinhole under one rivet on 
> the bottom.  The tank loses about an 1"-H20 of air pressure per hour.  
> I can't find any holes anywhere else, but I won't know for sure until 
> I patch this one and then run another pressure test.   Does the small 
> ProSeal kit sold by Aircraft Spruce and Wicks have the ability to 
> meter out small quantities and save the rest?  This pinhole chasing 
> will start getting expensive if I have to buy a tube after every patch.
>
>