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Old 12-18-2004, 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by nhodges
These "O" rings can look like they are good but they can get as hard as rock and be very brittle. The heat from the oil does a number on them.
Now that you have mentioned it.... I was trying to take the gaskets off the other day and they broke off as if they were made out of plastic. Once I cracked the first one off I said to myself "Oh ****, I have the wrong o-rings since these are plastic" Then I realized that they were probably fried.
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