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| mgphoto |
 Aug 10 2011, 06:33 PM
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"If there is a mistake it will find me"  Group: Members Posts: 1,339 Joined: 1-April 09 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 10,225 Region Association: Southern California  |
Hello,
I need to repair a few oil leaks and I wanted to know what your impressions of these oil cooler seals and the different push rod tube seals, see photo below.  I picked up different kinds to get some opinions, regular (black) or silicone (white) oil cooler seals? The push rod tube seals silicone (red) or viton (green)? Thanks for your input, Mike |
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| 70_914 |
Aug 10 2011, 07:55 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 395 Joined: 4-December 09 From: Roy, WA Member No.: 11,096 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(mgphoto @ Aug 10 2011, 05:33 PM)  Hello, I need to repair a few oil leaks and I wanted to know what your impressions of these oil cooler seals and the different push rod tube seals, see photo below. I picked up different kinds to get some opinions, regular (black) or silicone (white) oil cooler seals? The push rod tube seals silicone (red) or viton (green)? Thanks for your input, Mike Silicone (white) and Viton (green). Viton o-rings are the only thing that work on the VANOS system, so they will be an improvement over silicone on the pushrod tubes. |
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| Dave_Darling |
Aug 11 2011, 12:14 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,990 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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The Viton pushrod tube seals that I have seen were all brown. The stock silicone ones were color-coded for inner and outer, I think the coding was red for one and green for the other. (I think there may have been a third color for the early-early 1.7s with the smaller outboard end of the tube.)
The silicone ones work, but Viton holds up to heat better. --DD |
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| turnaround89 |
Aug 11 2011, 02:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 671 Joined: 17-May 08 From: Rockford, Illinois Member No.: 9,067 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
just did the push rod tube seals on my car and the seals i got were vitons which were brown. Haven't had a drop of oil on the garage floor since.
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| Drums66 |
Aug 11 2011, 04:02 PM
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914 Rudiments Group: Members Posts: 5,321 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Coronado,Cali Member No.: 151 Region Association: Southwest Region |
.......Yes, I say orange/brown?....are best (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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