View Full Version : Have a leak on a stainless steel to stainless steel connection
 
 johnpaul1
Nov 27, 2010, 09:44 AM
I am putting two pieces of stainless steel piping together and have had nothing but leaks- I have tried pipe thread sealer and teflon tape together and separately but still have a big leak problem. Can anyone offer an explanation?
 speedball1
Nov 27, 2010, 09:49 AM
Hey JohnPaul.
Sure would help if we knew what you're using to connect the two.  Is it a threaded coupling? A compression fitting? Dresser coupling?  What?  Let me know,  Tom
 johnpaul1
Nov 27, 2010, 09:56 AM
Thanks for being so quick Tom. The connection is Female thread to Male thread and they don't like each other at all. It is not just the threads either because I six connections and they all leak. Is there some kind of trick I don't know of?
 
Male to female threads both are stainless steel and not compression.
 speedball1
Nov 27, 2010, 11:05 AM
These couplings are stainless steel and not galvanized are they. Coulkd be the female threads be deeper then the male ones?>  How many turns of Teflon Tape are you using?  How much pressure do these pipes carry?  Back,  To you,  Tom