Using o-rings contaminated with oil
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Using o-rings contaminated with oil
Well, my understanding is that I'm supposed to avoid getting oil on the coolant o-rings during assembly. I screwed up and got a fair amount of oil on two of them (an inner and an outer). I'm wondering if I can just clean them up and use them or if I should get new ones. They were installed using hylomar and the lightweight oil that I was using on the side housing surfaces for initial startup got all over them.
Any advice is appreciated.
Shane
Any advice is appreciated.
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Originally posted by duboisr
Most builders hold them in place with vasoline p jelly
Most builders hold them in place with vasoline p jelly
But my problem is that I got oil on the o-rings. I've decided to wipe them down and use them. You are right that, whether or not it's most, a lot of builders use petroleum jelly without problems so the oil must not be a kiss of death to the rubber used in the o-rings.
I just thought I remember some kind of warning, maybe from the rebuild video or the RB catalog, against getting oil on the o-rings.
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