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Originally Posted by Henry Schmidt View Post
From the Dow chart I originally posted, every o-ring is effected not just Viton.
The design feature of Dow 55 is to transform the material (every o-ring material) to reduce compression set and swell the seal (at operating temperature) to increase sealing.

Zero o-rings in a 911 air-cooled engine are under tension.....

Stop beating a dead horse.....
It only makes you look like a troll.
Precisely the reason we should list the inert alternative that birthed the mil-spec, krytox. Let people be educated fully and choose. Denying facts once they're released is Clinton-esque.

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