For treating rubber and silicone parts in scuba equipment, we always used
either a silicone spray or grease.
For the scuba stuff, you obviously needed food handler grade materials,
which was very pure. I have noticed that many of the silicone sprays and
stuff in the automotive section tend to be silicone + some other stuff.
Never sure if the 'other stuff' would affect the ability to use it to treat
rubber. I finally found a tube of silicone grease at Napa that I at least
convinced myself was okay for rubber parts, maybe someone else can recommend
a good silicone spray/grease that is safe for rubber.
Thanks,
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Adey" <sunbeamkarl@hotmail.com>
To: "The LIST Post" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: [Tigers] Water Valve
> Thanks everyone for the rapid responses to my question about the heater
> setup.
> Last night i removed and disassembled the water valve. I've read on the
> list
> that the rubber diaphram is no longer available, so i'm happy to report
> that
> mine is still in good condition. I'm not sure that i'll be puting the
> same
> valve back on the car (I may follow list advise about the honda valve).
> however, i would like to store the diaphram properly. How should i clean
> the
> old coolant sediment off of it, and what should I coat it in to stop it
> from
> drying out? What should i coat it in if i'm going to refit it?
> The lower housing to the valve was broken in a way that won't let it seal.
> Is
> anyone interested in parting with their valve, in entirety or just the
> lower
> housing (the one with 'pipe' protruding from it)?
> Once again, thanks for your rapid responses.
> Karl
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