[Healeys] Oil Flex Pipe Failure

[Alan Seigrist]

Charlie -

the only purpose of that pipe is to measure pressure.  It only feeds
into a dead end.  Go ahead a clamp it off.  vise grips should do the
trick.

Alan

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Charlie Frazer
<cfrazer at jcomm.uoregon.edu> wrote:
> On a drive today, a friend's oil flex pipe, the braid-covered hose leading
> from the crankcase to the oil pressure gauge tube, ruptured resulting in a
> catastrophic oil leak.
> Fortunately, we discovered the problem early and stopped and secured the
car
> after losing only several quarts of oil.
>
> We have topped up the oil, but need to move the car 4-5 miles to a location
> where we can replace the ruptured pipe.
> The break  is in about the middle of the flex pipe.
>
> Can we simply clamp off the tube below (engine side of) the break with a
> hose clamp or vice grips in order to drive the car a short distance for
> repair?
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Charlie
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