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Ethanol resistant oil seal and gasket manufacturers

Started by 2t Fan, August 10, 2026, 11:57:21 PM

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2t Fan

Since India is now adding 20% ethanol in petrol,do we have any manufacturer who makes ethanol resistant Viton, PTFE. FVMQ, FFKM oil seal, gaskets etc for our vintage motorcycles

RDnuTZ

we won't be using India's gas in USA so I'm not concerned. Carry on  :devil:
1987 TZR250R Restricted Japan Domestic market bike (Project)
1977 RD400 (Project)
1974 RD350 (2) (Projects)
1973 RD250 (Project)
2022 Beta 300 X-Trainer, Yamaha Vintage MX, YZ (18)

m in sc

 10% ethanol in all mine zero issues. the uk has 20% or 15% ive heard. so.. not sure. good luck.  me? have never had an ethanol issue w 10%. ever.

1976RD400C

In NY you can get 91 and 93 ethanol free all over the place, but they hit up another 75-95 cents a gallon over 87  octane.
'76 RD400 green  '76 RD400 red   '84 RZ350

RDDave



I was an Evinrude outboard mechanic when the ethanol was introduced. It destroyed all of our black rubber parts that it came in contact with.

Evinrude's answer; brown Viton. I never has any problems with the brown Viton in ethanol.

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m in sc


RDnuTZ

any thoughts on jetting changes when using Ethanol added gas vs. Ethanol Free? My only choices here in CO are 85 octane "regular" Ethanol free or 91 octane premium Ethanol free.
1987 TZR250R Restricted Japan Domestic market bike (Project)
1977 RD400 (Project)
1974 RD350 (2) (Projects)
1973 RD250 (Project)
2022 Beta 300 X-Trainer, Yamaha Vintage MX, YZ (18)

m in sc

i run a few bikes dead stock with dead stock jetting on 91 e10 zero issue

BlueR32

Quote from: 2t Fan on August 10, 2026, 11:57:21 PMSince India is now adding 20% ethanol in petrol,do we have any manufacturer who makes ethanol resistant Viton, PTFE. FVMQ, FFKM oil seal, gaskets etc for our vintage motorcycles
Some years ago I bought a couple of carb gasket/o-ring kits for my 1988 FZR400 from this company in Thailand. The gaskets & o-rings were made of Viton. I don't see any older Yamaha 2-strokes listed but might be worth contacting them. They were very responsive and kits were shipped quickly.
https://www.litetek.co/ReplacementPartsYamaha.html

2t Fan

Quote from: BlueR32 on August 12, 2026, 09:28:30 PM
Quote from: 2t Fan on August 10, 2026, 11:57:21 PMSince India is now adding 20% ethanol in petrol,do we have any manufacturer who makes ethanol resistant Viton, PTFE. FVMQ, FFKM oil seal, gaskets etc for our vintage motorcycles
Some years ago I bought a couple of carb gasket/o-ring kits for my 1988 FZR400 from this company in Thailand. The gaskets & o-rings were made of Viton. I don't see any older Yamaha 2-strokes listed but might be worth contacting them. They were very responsive and kits were shipped quickly.
https://www.litetek.co/ReplacementPartsYamaha.html
Thanks, will contact them

What I do is adding STA BIL additive and use bigger jets. Ethanol free 100 octane fuel is available but only major cities

Thanks all