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> Personally, I would put a thin coating of some kind of gunge (Hylomar or
> silicone) on the filler hose joints as I'm not convinced that mine is
> vapour-proof without such; but they don't leak as such..
Having suffered a bad misfire because some silicone sealant ended up
blocking a jet I would say do NOT put any sealant on ANY fuel line joints
past the filters, and probably anywhere !
As I was not the airframe builder I am not sure whether sealant was used,
but some arrived in a jet.
Richard
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