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Oil Tank

TMPB
TMPB Member Posts: 1
This past summer, I pumped out a great deal of sludge from the bottom of my home oil tank. To access it, I unscrewed the large nut on top of the tank. When I finished, I screwed it back in with a pipe wrench. My local oil guy asked if I used the proper lubricant for the nut. What lubricant did he mean?

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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 15,453
    edited November 2018
    Any kind of pipe dope that is resistant to oil which most of them are.
    Do not use Teflon tape.