What should I lubricate injector orings with?

czo79 · Post by **czo79** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:48 pm

Helloo all...
Hopefully this will be the last of my injector related inquries...my book says one should lubricate the injector orings with a light machine oil...would this be like 3 in 1 or marvel or what would people recomend?
thanks
micum

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:10 pm

I'd just use whatever motor oil you're putting in the crankcase. I thought that was pretty standard. I haven't heard of using machining oil.

Post by **Legacy777** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 12:09 am

yup......motor oil is fine

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 1:25 am

Any rubber gasket/o-ring in the engine is probably best lubed up with motor oil. And our engines make good use of rubber gaskets.

The only gasket I can think of off the top of my head that uses something besides motor oil is the water pump gasket. That one takes RTV sealant, because it's metal...

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 1:56 am

Well, you're not supposed to use any kind of sealant on intake manifold gaskets, I'm pretty sure. That's probably true for the throttle body gasket and the IAC valve gasket too.

czo79 · Post by **czo79** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 2:53 pm

thanks guys...I called marren, the company that cleaned the injectors for me and they agreed...a light motor oil. I used an oil with a lot of conditioners for seals...figured that would work well.
thanks
micum

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What should I lubricate injector orings with?

What should I lubricate injector orings with?