A feature of this invention is a spool valve which has a spool with an O-ring seal, said seal having a given longitudinal dimension, the spool operating in a bore in a housing to open and close a port opening into said bore, said port formed of a plurality of apertures, each aperture having a diameter, parallel to the longitudinal axis of said O-ring, which is smaller than said given longitudinal dimension of said seal.
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