ok skip the hose but try the tape yes just the white film tape wrapped counter clock wise as to not strip it off as you screw in just like your carb tape for fine pinching the threads for gas leaking , might have 1 crossed thread????
gotcha, but if I was leaking around the main stud, it would bypass the filter and accumulate in the main housing area, so to speak, before it drains back in the block again through the return hole
the main sealing area would still be the main seal
