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Originally Posted by EODguy
Uhmm...
Superglue eats/degrades many plastics, oil based substances or causes brittleness. If you see any whiteness or similar discoloration you may as well start over with a new gasket.
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Hmmm. I appreciate your feedback, but I'm not sure your statement is accurate. Have you ever used an o-ring splicing kit? You use superglue to splice the ends together. The whiteness is the hardened glue. But I will consider replacing considering
I believe the answer to the original question is that the ring gets pinched between the mating faces. I see on some alternator images that some alternators (like the original that came off the x5) have a small round o-ring that sits in a tiny groove. The oring that came with mine is like this:
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-bosch-pa...hoCdZ4QAvD_BwE
05-17-2022, 08:52 AM
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