Quote Originally Posted by aquarium
I opened the multi-port valve cover to find the spider gasket a gooey mess. Almost gone in some places, all stacked up in others. Is there a good way to remove this without damaging the seats and plastic??

TW
TW (interstingly enough, my initials ) I would imagine that at some point in the past someone used Vasoline on the gasket to lubricate it, petrolium based lubes seem to sink in and expand the gaskets then make them easier to shred. Replace the gasket and lube it with a silicon or teflon based lube - you won't have the same problem again (but make sure that your pH is in line, that also seems to hurt the gaskets) To remove it, first just try pulling it out, if that doesn't work, use a flat head screwdriver of the size of the channels to scrape it out. Hopefully this is some help - Waste