Seal Material Around Sensor

hustlerzlife · 07-03-2006

What should I use to seal off my fuel sensor on the top of the tank? It was originally covered with some black rubbery stuff. Silicon perhaps?

jtb · 07-03-2006

I thought it was cork with rubber. You can buy this by the sheet from an autoparts store if you can't find the gasket.

jtb

kent · 07-03-2006

opelgtsource sells these gaskets. They are made of cork.

hustlerzlife · 07-03-2006

Not the gasket, I was planning on using some cork/rubber material for that. I was talking about the goop of rubber that sealed the top of the sensor unit. Is it just not nessicary?

jtb · 07-03-2006

I don't recall any rubbery goop on top of my sensor when I took it out. Perhaps it was some seam sealer or undercoating or something that got on there inadvertently?
If you have the cork gasket in good condition, there shouldn't be anything else required to make a good seal.

jtb

soybean · 07-03-2006

It could have also been covered with "Liquid Rubber" to keep it from corroding.
Just a thought. Jarrell

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hustlerzlife Opeler Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sept-May 47803 else 90245 Posts: 154	Unanswered: Seal Material Around Sensor What should I use to seal off my fuel sensor on the top of the tank? It was originally covered with some black rubbery stuff. Silicon perhaps? __________________ -Conrad (1971 GT)

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hustlerzlife Opeler Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sept-May 47803 else 90245 Posts: 154	Not the gasket, I was planning on using some cork/rubber material for that. I was talking about the goop of rubber that sealed the top of the sensor unit. Is it just not nessicary? __________________ -Conrad (1971 GT)

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jtb Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 415	??? I don't recall any rubbery goop on top of my sensor when I took it out. Perhaps it was some seam sealer or undercoating or something that got on there inadvertently? If you have the cork gasket in good condition, there shouldn't be anything else required to make a good seal. jtb

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soybean Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Reidsville N.C. Posts: 2,160	It could have also been covered with "Liquid Rubber" to keep it from corroding. Just a thought. Jarrell __________________ You lose your dreams, you lose your mind. (The Rolling Stones)

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jtb Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 415	I thought it was cork with rubber. You can buy this by the sheet from an autoparts store if you can't find the gasket. jtb

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kent Opeler Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Urbandale Iowa Posts: 196 Provided Answers: 1	opelgtsource sells these gaskets. They are made of cork.

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