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Viton seals or not
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:27 pm
by TS1-200
Lots of talk on here recently regarding the pro`s and con`s of Viton oilseals, after holing a piston due to base gasket disintegrating,I`m in the process of re-building, I`ve got Viton seals in at the moment, but do I replace with viton or normal type Rolfe seals. I put the viton ones in at the same time as I put in the crap base gasket in .
Re: Viton seals or not
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:19 pm
by mark
are they ok or crap?that should tell you tbh
Re: Viton seals or not
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:14 pm
by Muppet
think viton seals were a fix for something that was never really broken,
muppet,
Re: Viton seals or not
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:41 pm
by jonashford
Ive run them in my rb this season over 4000 miles no problems they will be in again for the next season, hopefully more miles this year
Re: Viton seals or not
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:35 am
by rog60
Bought a set from MB 3 years ago after rolf seal failure................no probs
Re: Viton seals or not
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:41 am
by gadgetman
Viton seals were advertised a a cure for the problems of ethanol damage but unfortunately Viton is NOT resistant to ethanol as you will find if you check it out in the web
Re: Viton seals or not
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:03 pm
by Special X
Should be resistant to ethanol as the viton tipped (red) delly float valves are for ethanol resistance.
Re: Viton seals or not
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:33 pm
by Speed Demon
Viton seals or not
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:07 pm
by soulsurfer
Always insist on GF-S Viton seals
Re: Viton seals or not
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:47 pm
by Special X
Using no ethanol gave good results, using pure ethanol gave good results. Seems to be the mixture of the 2 thats not good.