Injector O-ring failure?!?

[verboten at michiganvw.org (Jason)]

sounds like bad vulcanization.....

but the rubber could have also dried out.

all depends on teh fracture characteristics.......bah....stupid fracture
analysis.lol

On 5/23/06, Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net> wrote:
>
> WTF?
>
> I got new injector o-rings for my Scirocco, top & bottom
>
> All of the top ones split trying to install them!!!!  I didn't have
> this problem when I did my convertible -- can these things
> get...old?  Brittle?
>
> Anyone else ever had this happen to them with new o-rings???
>
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