After about 60 hours my OJ dripless started leaking . This would have been my third one. I took it out yesterday and at first it was dripless on inspection. Then after operating temp reached it started leaking quite a bit. I purchased a new seal and a whole new unit from OJ as it would be too much of my time to take it to the dealer. My OEM setup came with the cooling hose. Coming off the exhaust quick connect. The water coming from here will cause seal failure as it is too hot especially on the cat engines. Before changing the seal I decided to reroute the cooling line first to the top outlet off the Tstat housing. This line stays relatively cool even during highspeed runs.
Well after capping the old cooling line and clamping all new ones I took it out for a run and it appears the leaking seal is no longer leaking
. I figure the hot water softens the graphite seal and allows water leakage. I'll see how long this seal stays leak free but any dripless seals set up off the quick connect should be rerouted before the seals fail. Definitely cheaper and easier