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Originally posted by Kaiser Sosei View Post
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Originally posted by bwringer View Post...And stop listening to goobers at gas stations....
This guy told me I needed Viton o-rings in my carbs:
But this guy said that Buna ones were fine:
And this guy (he's undercover in this photo) said he'd arrest me if I started a thread about synthetic vs. dino oils:
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Nissan had a massive recall a number of years back to replace rubber fuel system parts that were deteriorating due to evolutions in fuel formulations; the rubber did not deteriorate with the old gas formulas but did with newer formulas. This problem was not related to alcohol, but rather to other compounds in the fuel (can’t remember the exact details).
My opinion is that it wouldn’t hurt to hedge the bet and use Viton (fluroelastomer) rubber o-rings inside the carbs. I did a search on the web about “fuel injector O rings” and turned up a number of examples where modern cars are using this type of material. I also uncovered reference to using Buna-N O-rings as well but these references were on older cars.
As Griffin alluded, this issue is sort of like synthetic oil; there is technical merit to using synthetic/viton, but it’s not a do or die sort of issue.Ed
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Mikuni O-ring Kits For Sale...https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...ts#post1703182
Top Newbie Mistakes thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...d.php?t=171846
Carb rebuild tutorial...https://gsarchive.bwringer.com/mtsac...d_Tutorial.pdf
KZ750E Rebuild Thread...http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...0-Resurrection
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