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On 14 Jan 2004 at 1:20, Dave Hall wrote: > > If the rubber compounds are not compatable with liquids that they get > exposed > > to, they tend to absorb them. This make them swell up and soften. It's > > unfortunate that VW made some poor choices for rubber materials when they > > speced some of their rubber parts. > Yes, I've seen a few (and got a couple of) cargo mats with oil spills on > them that have swollen locally, but I wouldn't have thought the general > atmosphere in the luggage area would be oily enough to do the same evenly > and all through. I suspect that the same process which allows the oil to penetrate the thickness of the mat also allows it to diffuse sideways into the whole mat. This would take a lot of time, but our cars have had plenty of that. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org