Following the post I put up in feb 2012 about doing a brake caliper refurb, see below.
http://www.clubvr4.com/forum/showthr...ghlight=brakes
Back then I couldn't get the Oring seals from the Irish K-sport agent, so I emailed K-sport UK. They didn't even bother to reply to my email request, so I sourced Orings from a seals supplier in Dublin. I brought the pistons and calipers with me, when I made the purchase so as to get the correct size and ensure they were suitable for use with brake fluid.
After reassembly I noticed the brake pedal always felt ever so slightly spongey. After a couple of weeks I took off the calipers and noted all the pistons were weeping brake fluid..
Anyhow, today I removed the new Orings I'd fitted and noticed they appeared to be squared in shape instead of the original circular shape.
Now comes the dilemma, I have an assorted box of metric Orings, the type you could buy for about €25 or so. It has the size required to replace the ones I fitted last feb. So I did replaced them with the cheap and cheerful ones, and now have a good solid brake pedal.
Now for the advice I'm after, Considering the Orings fitted today are the cheap and cheerful kind, can anyone give advice on what effect the brake fluid will have on them in the long term.
Thanks for reading.