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Originally Posted by Lapkritis View Post
Improve the breed. Advance. Choose a ring lube that doesn't degrade your seals.
There is ZERO evidence that Dow 55 O-ring lubricant "degrades" o-rings in any meaningful way. Change does not equate to "degrade" and in fact, I would argue from experience that "seal swell" is a positive innovation in this application.
In fact, the military calls out Dow 55 for use on an incredible number of weapons systems both vintage and modern day.

I have seen no documented cases of o-ring failure do to Dow 55.

In the interest of improvement, if anyone has documented evidence that Dow 55 has caused an o-ring failure, I would be interested in that evidence.
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