[s-cars] Re: X-plug O-Ring WARNING
Brian Powell
atomicham at mac.com
Wed Sep 8 21:48:23 EDT 2004
> For those with short memories or who have not been on this list very
> long,
> please be aware that not any o-ring will work just because it fits.
> There
> are past stories of somebody installing a metric o-ring and then, one
> or
> two days later, the underside of the hood is covered in powersteering
> fluid. The o-ring has to be compatible with the fluid. Porsche has
> them.
You are absolutely correct, I forgot to mention:
It has to be a Nitrile o-ring. Many people (including myself) use these
without any problems whatsoever (over 10k miles on my S6 so far). Audi
isn't that special. :)
Cheers,
Brian
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