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Fuel resistant sealant/adhesive

Hi all,

I am modifying a pod filter [for another application, not my Skyline, and wanted to tap into your collective conscience......:)

I have done an angle cut on the pod filter gauze/mesh and then shaped a piece of alloy to glue over that cut.  The sealant needs to be fuel mist or drip resistant [so anything silicone is out] and bead in application, I can't use it if its too runny.  I am doing this to get the pod to fit in the space I have available to me, a whole pod won't fit.

I contacted both Sika and fixtech, and although they both have products that will do the job [Tank N and FM30 respectively] the cost is way over the top for what I want to do.  I am looking at over $200 for one tube of FM30 alone.  And I am struggling to find a supplier of Tank N on the net that doesn't want to sell me a box of 6 x 600g at around $400, this also indicates that one tube will be still very expensive.  I estimate I will need maybe 200g.

Generally polyurethane sealants are around the $30 mark for a 400g cartridge, but remember I will need one that is fuel mist resistant [its not washing in the stuff].

Also I have done all my 'shopping' online..........so if it didn't come up in a search then I don't know about it.

So what have you ever used?  What else is out there? Where did you use it? and lastly, how good was it?

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

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Very helpful.....no, actually I am surprised you didn't say Tek screws....lol

 

Actually, I am wondering if the answer is closer than I think.....Selleys All Clear is a Co Polymer and once set [but it never sets brittle or hard],  seems unaffected by fuel and thinners.  I know you can't get it off without some serious elbow work and that's only for light smears.  Anyway its only $15 a cartridge so much more realistically priced as well, and I use it all the time.

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