Improoving the water seals on rotor housings?
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Originally Posted by Bluem
anyone ever tried making the seal/gasket out o copper or some other material?
(okay okay so it's just aircraft grade 18 gauge electrical wiring, but I have a few spools of the stuff and, really, it should work just fine)
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Wondering if anyone has tried this. Use 85 and older rotor housing and 86 and newer end plates. Since both have coolant seal groves, you can use a wider seal. This way when the motor tries to come apart from over heating or over revving the motor, the compression has to go around the seal instead of just sliding by the seal and rotor housing. If the right material was used that would not "melt" or burn through when exposed to heat out motors would last longer.
Please don't shoot me, Just a thought
chuck
Please don't shoot me, Just a thought
chuck
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It's not usually the seal that fails.
If the seal fails, it's usually due to a defect or bad installation.
The water jacket usually breaks, or if the engine is overheated all hell breaks loose.
-Ted
If the seal fails, it's usually due to a defect or bad installation.
The water jacket usually breaks, or if the engine is overheated all hell breaks loose.
-Ted
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