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will four rubber o rings work on my 83 oil cooler without leaking?

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Old 02-21-04, 07:17 AM
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will four rubber o rings work on my 83 oil cooler without leaking?
mazdatrix sent me four rubber O rings when it had 2 plastic rings on one side and 2 rubber rings on the other?
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Those 2 plastic rings you speak of used to be pliable rubber rings. That's what the intense heat does to those rings over time.
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no **** wow the ones on ones side still feel like rubber
the other side feel like hard plastic
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mine were like that too.
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Yep same here, no wonder they all leak like ****'s
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