I've heard both good and bad things on both Viton and Silicone. Stock can't handle a radiator or water pump failure. I haven't checked if Mazdacomp makes a higher temp version. Has anyone tried or have any knowlege on the Teflon ones? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/dunno.gif
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I've got stock ones in my engine now. If someone were to give me a set for free, then I'd put them in. Other than that, I've never heard of anybody in Japan losing an engine to an O-ring....now to apex seal failure, that's common https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...O_DIR#>/11.gif
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I just bought a complete set of viton o-rings which I am going to try, it set me back about 80 canuck bucks to for the entire set for the motor, I took all the factory o-rings to an o-ring shop and got them to set me up with all the o-rings...
The outer water seal is rather large and has to be made from bulk stock, I am going to bond it with cyanocryalate(crazy glue) and put the join in a dry area of the housings, along with a dab of silicone at the join....Maxt |
Huh? If I don't have to rebuild, what do I care if the o-rings are reusable or not? If they are not rebuilding for o-ring failure in Japan, then what do they know that we don't? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/wacko.png
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oring failure depends on maintenance!
change your coolant once a year and you should not have coolant seal failure for a very long time |
Originally Posted by knonfs' date='Apr 25 2003, 04:34 PM
Where do you get the whole O-ring failure? They aren't prone to failure unless overheating.........
Replacement of the Apex seals is expected. Failure of the O-Rings is not! |
Originally Posted by vosko' date='Apr 25 2003, 04:46 PM
oring failure depends on maintenance!
change your coolant once a year and you should not have coolant seal failure for a very long time |
There was some chatter on an airplane engine site on what type of o-rings. They commented on using aluminum or copper solid wire, similar to copper o-rings in the V-8 racing engines, also a teflon coated wire. Just put the splice at the intake with a little red RTV. They did say this would be more of a race application and couldn't say on its longivity.
Richard https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png |
thats interesting about the copper and whatnot https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png
But yeah, is there any difference between the O-Rings available for 13Bs that anyone should care about? I mean anything important or reliability improving, etc. |
the renisis uses the same o rings as every other post 86 engine. the only reason the fd oens fail, is because of the turbos being right there.
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