Maybe read what you wrote instead? The words, not the gist. >The gist of it is that the failure was expected by everyone with technical knowledge of the seal.

Maybe read what you wrote instead? The words, not the gist. >The gist of it is that the failure was expected by everyone with technical knowledge of the seal. Nobody is denying that. What you wrote was, quote: "The seal performed exactly as it was specified to." That statement is false. It was not performing as specified at warmer temperatures either.