Bungs
Submitted by dakka on Tue, 2016-03-29 21:58
Howdy all
probly a stupid question but if you don't know may as well ask.
My new boat has two Bungs a blue and a red one what is the difference between them apart from the colour I'm not to sure and how tight do people tighten them up hand tight only thoughts please.
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Tank
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Maybe....
got a picture of the set up, probably originals replaced with after market at some stage...unless...underfloor kill tank or something like that plumbed to one...long shot. I just do mine up firm by hand.
Madmerv
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Bungs
G'day Dakka
Would help to know type / size of boat. Are they side by side or vertically placed.
Some boats have a sealed under floor area for fuel tanks / engine space. 1 bung drains that area and the other the hull. Some just have 2 bungs to drain the hull.
You may just have 2 different coloured bungs for the bling.
As for how tight, well, check the rubber seals and if they are good (replace if they are not) then just hand tight to a normal, "i dont want it to leak" tightness. If you really crank on it, or have tough hands then it can be a real bitch undoing and you have the potential to snap off the plastic tabs if they are a little bit old. I have seen it done a few times over the years with over tightning and then the tools have to come out to remove.
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Deckie
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Red & Blue
The Red bung is for the Port side & because they don't make Green ones, the Blue is for the Starboard side.. HAHA...
seriously, I don't think it matters though I have come across bungs with slightly different threads.
Just finger tight plus GST should be ok, they have a course thread & the rubber seal holds them well.
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DTrain
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I've had brass bungs which
I've had brass bungs which needed to be done up with a spanner. The plastic ones with the rubber washer just need to be finger tight though.
meglodon
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Red an blue bungs
Maybe the bungs have been seated in such a way that they must be placed in the appropriate opening to ensure water tightness, red port, blue std.
Just a wild guess
chris raff
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No different unless one
No different unless one doesn’t fit .. handtight
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Jackfrost80
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I got red and blue in my
I got red and blue in my boat. The only difference is the colour of them
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Swompa
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You can get red, blue,
You can get red, blue, green, orange ect. They are the same thread size. I have blue and red ones no they go in either way.
Sulo
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I thought one was a box
I thought one was a box thread and the other was a v thread or coarse thread. Something like that anyway.