had an oil leak so i got the waterpump off and its the seal for it, decited to pull the opti and make sure that seal was good too...found out when i pulled the opti that the 2 little metal o rings on the shaft going into the cam are broken into pieces so i completely removed them, now they look as if they are all one part, so can i replace them? i assume they help keep down vibration on the opti? can i replace them with a think o ring???
what do yall reccomend for a fix?

this is a 95 with the shaft that goes into the cam

http://shbox.com/1/opti_back.jpg
2 rings on the shaft, you can see them both in this pic

shbox? injuneer? chime in?

 

they are just rubber o-rings

pretty sure they aren't metal

 

Get the Felpro timing cover gasket set. It gives you the w/p ds seal, opti seal, crank seal, opti o-rings and timing cover gasket. They are just o-rings but the original ones got baked and crumbled to pieces.

 

mine were metal??? good to hear ill replace with rubber o ring...and the opti seal i have sitting around...a bunch of them

 

Take one of your broken "metal" pieces and hold it with a plyers over a match flame. Then come back and report the results.