[TR] Catastrophic oil line failure for oil pressure gauge

Karl Vacek kvacek at ameritech.net
Tue Oct 7 09:57:35 MDT 2008


New lines or not, the one thing that will defniitely limit the damage if it 
ever breaks again is to put a restrictor at the place where it attaches to 
the engine.  A plug inside the fitting with a very small drill hole through 
it will still allow pressure to be measured just fine, and if the line 
breaks you'll get a small stream but not a gusher.  Aircraft do this - it's 
particularly important in flight because you can't just pull over onto a 
cloud if a leak occurs, and stains aside, you don't want to lose all your 
oil.

Karl 


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