[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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