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Now here is where all Maxes fail to deliver quality and design. I'm sure
anybody with a two inch brain could improve this design, avoiding the
O-ring to pop-out with the oil pressure... Well reality proves different.
This is my 1500 LR engine with exactly the same problem as any other
standard Max. Looks like they tried with a thicker O-ring, but if anything
the result is even worse; the surplus rubber was cut clean off from the
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Another very clear view of the disaster that can lead to catastrophic
effects.
The LR engine is equipped with a higher volume oil pump. To what use is
this if this dammed O-ring bursts?
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023
Same thing different angle. Simply I cannot believe my eyes.
Hate to think how many miles I've done with the O-ring in that
condition... My guess is that it blew-up during the dyno test carried out
in the workshop, before the engine was delivered to me.
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My elbow happens to be from a 1998
canadian version max and for that reason it still is the earlier one. It
is my believe that in order to get the job properly done, i not only have
to install the bracket, but aslo change the elbow and o-ring.
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This is what i found in my engine. Of course the o-ring had sheared and
was completely out of place. This elbow is the old pre-99 version. I
seriously recommend any max owner to replace it with the newer version.
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026
A small rubber spacer was added by the tuning company, but it served no
good purpose. Just look at what hapened with the o-ring. More so, a
thicker o-ring such as the one used here does not sort out the problem, on
the contrary, it is very hard to fit in place and the excess rubber is
sheared off between the gallery orifice taper and the tube o-ring support.
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