[TR] Catastrophic oil line failure for oil pressure gauge

levilevi levilevi at comcast.net
Tue Oct 7 23:36:06 MDT 2008


If you don't have a plug with a drilled hole a rolled pin (from any good
hardware store) works too.

Bud Rolofson

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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Karl Vacek
  To: thenicholls at verizon.net ; triumphs at autox.team.net
  Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:57 AM
  Subject: Re: [TR] Catastrophic oil line failure for oil pressure gauge


  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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