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Originally Posted by cabmando
Put some dish soap on the fitting. Some pipe thread compounds will cause a false reading on leak detectors. If you don't see small bubbles forming with the dish soap, you probably don't have a leak.
That steel fitting should be a standard 1/2 male pipe thread to 1/2" flare fitting. If you question the fitting at all, you can easily replace the fitting and reuse the hose.
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It’s definitely leaking. I can smell it if I get down near the valve and fitting and my handheld gas detector is alerting as soon as I put the sensor near that spot.
And it’s a new fitting, came with the hose - when I couldn’t stop the leak using the old hose and fitting, I bought new and no joy.
This connection had what seemed like white tape on it, when I took it apart. The valve body to elbow connection has some blue, hardened sealant stuff on it.
I mean WTF, it is irritating as hell.