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As long as the boiler ring is threaded on enough to ensure the element (which bolts to the ring) can be tightened firmly to the boiler then the boiler to base gasket can't really cause a leak. I guess it's all hypothetical until he whips the base cover off and has a look 😁
Kalkhoff-
It did on mine.
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Yeah it's hard to specify whether it was the boiler ring itself that needed tightening, or the bolts that attach the whole base plate to the boiler ring.
When you mentioned the element seal, I thought you were talking about the sealant applied under the little white collars here:
But I think you were actually talking about the o-ring you can see in this picture:
Which I think is a likely candidate.
Dammit
mmccarthy
Are you certain? I bought one with enough of a leak that rust had pitted the entire underside. I replaced the boiler gasket, which had hardened substantially and needed chiselling off, and there's no leaks anymore.
Edit: this was four years ago so could be misremembering but, like @mmccarthy, I don't remember touching pstat