O Rings HS Grandee 2005

[BearBath]

All of you techy types, I could use a little help! When my HS Grandee was installed, they put o-rings down near the base of the stand pipes in the filter compartment. The filters rested on them.
Now that years have gone by, the o-rings are getting mushy and falling apart and leaving black "skid marks". I asked my local dealer tech area and he said that there is no reason to have those o-rings. Just take them off!(And they were the ones that originally installed them!)
Seems a bit sketchy since there would then be no seal for the filters to rest against? What do I believe here?
Thanks!
BearBath

[hottubdan]

If I am following you, there is no need to have those o rings.  I have no idea why they installed them in the 1st place. 8-)

Of course I am not a techie.

[Chas]

Dump the orings.

 8-)

[kervis]

Same thing happened with mine.  I noticed that they were changing consistency, then they started flaking apart and the whole hot tub was filled with black specks.  Yuck.  I'm glad I knew what to attribute it to.

I called and was also told that they did not need to be replaced.

[BearBath]

Great! One less thing to have to maintain!
Thanks for the replies. The technician at the dealer could not even find a part number for replacements!
BearBath

[Gomboman]

I have an 05' Envoy and have never had o-rings installed. Sounds like your dealer gave you a free upgrade. I'm sure you can rid of them. If Chas says its cool you are good to go.......