sediment bowl gasket

BTaylor · Aug 18, 2011

The sediment bowl started leaking on my H. The rubber gasket is bad, but couldnt find a rubber replacement. Bought the cork gasket, and it continues to leak. Any ideas?

tractorsam · Aug 18, 2011

I've made my own ones from cork before and they worked fine. Are you sure yours is correctly located in the sediment bowl head? I've seen some that were small enough to move around quite a bit and didn't completely seal against the glass bowl. Sam

rustyfarmall · Aug 18, 2011

(quoted from post at 05:19:58 08/18/11) The sediment bowl started leaking on my H. The rubber gasket is bad, but couldnt find a rubber replacement. Bought the cork gasket, and it continues to leak. Any ideas?

Might be that the glass bowl is chipped, or maybe the mating surface is corroded? Sometimes you just need to tighten the bejeebers out of the thumb nut. I usually tighten it with pliers.

JRSutton · Aug 18, 2011

Really not too much that can go wrong there, as long as the glass isn't chipped, or something obvious like that.

I know the first few times I had trouble with one leaking was because I wasn't tightening it enough. I was always afraid I'd like I'd break the glass.

To this date, I've never cracked a glass.

I say just tighten it till it stops.

Worst case scenario, you need to buy a new glass, and they're cheap.

teddy52food · Aug 18, 2011

Sometimes that pot metal gets distorted from overtightening. I have a tube of food grade silicone that works good to help them seal.

BTaylor · Aug 18, 2011

Thanks for the info. I'll try tightening up some. It's the right size, i was just a little afraid of cutting it if i tightened it too much.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 18, 2011

Check the metal part of sediment bowl assembly. You may have a small piece of an old gasket stuck to it.

old · Aug 18, 2011

Most of the cork type need to have gas on them for a little bit to seal up because they will swell some. I drop them in gas for a few minutes before I put them on so as to help that. Of course things like chipped glass or piece of the old gasket etc will also cause that problem

pete 23 · Aug 18, 2011

I like to turn the gas on until bowl fills, shut it off and let that cork gasket soak. Tighten a little more maybe and then turn it on. If it leaks then most likely the pot metal is warped out of shape. Those heavy cork gaskets are very forgiving though for irregular surfaces.

Owen Aaland · Aug 18, 2011

(quoted from post at 08:19:58 08/18/11) The sediment bowl started leaking on my H. The rubber gasket is bad, but couldnt find a rubber replacement. Bought the cork gasket, and it continues to leak. Any ideas?

I prefer the rubber ones. The local NAPA store here carries them in two different sizes.

fixerupper · Aug 18, 2011

When you tighten the bowl, give it a small back-and-forth twist right before it gets too tight to twist it. Just a small twist is all it needs. Seems to set it in place. Doesn't work every time but it helps. Jim

rhtx55 · Aug 18, 2011

let the cork soak up some gas, once it swells a little, and becomes a bit softer it will quit leaking.

rustyfarmall · Aug 19, 2011

(quoted from post at 17:54:36 08/18/11) When you tighten the bowl, give it a small back-and-forth twist right before it gets too tight to twist it. Just a small twist is all it needs. Seems to set it in place. Doesn't work every time but it helps. Jim

Yes, giving the bowl that last little twist back and forth ensures that it IS seated and NOT slanted off to one side.

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