Posted by Andy on February 25, 19100 at 21:11:58:
In Reply to: Re: MM II-advice posted by PeteM on February 22, 19100 at 12:20:28:
: Andy : I was told that you have to have black with black or blue with blue and any mixing was dodgy, could be wrong advice but for £10 for a complete set of rings I don't think its worth taking the risk. : Cheers : Pete Quite right,
: : Anyway, my point of this post is regarding the o-rings and grease. The way it works is that you can use Sea & Sea grease with the blue screw-top for black or blue o-rings. You cannot use black screw-top grease for blue rings - I've inadvertently done it and they stretch over a period of time!
: : Andy
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I wasn't suggesting not to replace the o-rings, only what I had been informed about the different greases. FWIW I've used the blue grease with the black rings and I haven't experienced any problems over the last few years - only the other way round as described. The difference between the rings is that the blue ones are permeable and meant to 'absorb' some of the grease whereas the black ones aren't.
Andy