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Originally Posted by RETed
That surprises me.
Typically, the white "walls" are facing in and out.
Those walls will usually delaminate from the rest of the seal, making them basically useless.
-Ted
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You are correct, the seals usually do tear apart, but I did an s5 NA build a while back and all the coolant seals came out intact. The outers were too long (they must have stretched) but the inners were just fine and I reused them (no issues in 3+ years).
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Originally Posted by TitaniumTT
I've never had an inner fire seal come out in one piece. I'm usually scraping lots of carbon and seal material out of the grooves
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What solvent do you use on the surfaces? I use WD40 as my anti-rust/seal loosener. Let it soak a couple days and the seals come right out (although they usually de-laminate as RETed said above).
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1986 GXL ('87 4-port NA - Haltech E8, LS2 Coils. Defined Autoworks Headers, Dual 2.5" Exhaust (Dual Superflow, dBX mufflers)
1991 Coupe (KYB AGX Shocks, Eibach lowering springs, RB exhaust, Stock and Automatic)
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