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Oil leak fix?

overpop
overpop Member Posts: 52
in Oil Heating
Just finished my install, fired right up and began hating the radiant floor! Only problem was a small leak at an oil joint. I may have done something wrong. I put a flex oil line to the burner. At the end of the filter canister there was a pre existing 3 inch long black pipe fitting. To that I added a cast 90, then I added the flex line. That's where it's leaking. What can I do to stop it? Did I use the wrong 90 to go to the (what appears to be chrome) flex?

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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,238
    The flex lines I'm familiar with are designed to connect to brass flare fittings. Is this what you connected to, or did you screw the flex line fitting directly onto a piece of pipe?
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  • Bob Bona_4
    Bob Bona_4 Member Posts: 2,083
    Post a pic. The lines I use from Crown have a non-rotating 1/4" end and a reverse type flare/nut connection on the other end
  • overpop
    overpop Member Posts: 52
    Did I say hating? I meant Heating!
  • overpop
    overpop Member Posts: 52
    Yes brass occurred to me today while driving. And there is one end that rotates (that end doesnt leak) So, I will buy a brass fitting and give that a go. Thanks...

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