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tbarsch
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 Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 10:23 pm |
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Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:00 am
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Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
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...installing my DNP hardpipe kit. The rear turbo intercooler pipe has that darn o-ring... I can't seem to get it installed.. I have already tore an o-ring trying to get it in there... Anyone have any tricks? I've used a bit of oil, and a bit of soapy water, just can't get it in there... Haven't tried KY Jelly yet...  Ideas? Let the "I can't get it in" jokes begin... 
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G-ELL
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:20 pm |
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Location: Lehigh Valley, PA
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Seems like everyone has that same issue. I think Jesse solved his leak by running to the hardware store and picking up a thicker ring.
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ttangel
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:35 am |
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Location: Green Bay
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I couldn't find a thicker o-ring when I looked, so I had to wrap the pipe, and then add the o-ring. but it doesn't sound like that's your problem. it sounds like you can't get the o-ring on the pipe. I might suggest brake fluid. it's the slippery~est crap that I work with in the car world. just don't get it on ANY paint. it will destroy it.
hope that helps.
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tbarsch
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:18 am |
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Location: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
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...I got the o-ring on the pipe, I just can't get the pipe into the turbo outlet... Greg - so you're saying that once I get this dang thing in there, it's gonna leak too?? Great, can't wait...  I'll try brake fluid later tonite...
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vr-4maniac
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:52 am |
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Joined: Thu Aug 14, 2003 11:08 am
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Location: Amherst, Wisconsin (near Stevens Point)
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My DNP kit always leaked. I only had it for a week before I resold it. Some people have luck with running double o-rings, or using a larger o-ring and shaving the outer most edge of it slightly until it fits just right.
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A923KGT
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:49 am |
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Location: Mount Horeb, WI
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brake fluid will disolve most rubber compounds...
I found that out once when I tried using a high pressure fuel hose to fix a leaky brake line. However, if you have a buna nitrile o ring you should be ok.
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ttangel
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:22 pm |
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Location: Green Bay
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well, it might disolve a hose with the fluid constantly being pushed back and forth and at high temp, but I seriously doubt a thin film to get an o-ring to slide into something will desolve it to the point of destruction.
When I did my car I had to add some plumbers tape around the pipe, then the o-ring. then I put brake fluid on it to help it slide in. It leaked at first, but it no longer does. maybe the brake fluid softened up the rubber a bit, maybe the tape took a set, maybe the heat softened it. I dunno, I've used that trick many many times, and I learned it from the carb guys, and they never seemed to give it a second thought.
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