opperator is probably spelt wrong but im trying to put the oil pressure line fitting on and i cant get it to catch but the first time i tried it it expanded before i had a chance... does the line expand with heat oil huh what stupid question but ill go mess with it somemore
Are you using a plastic oil pressure line. I would reccomend going to the copper tubing. This goes on with a ferule and it expands as you tighten it. The plastic lines can come off or break inside the car and get pretty messy.
The ferule you are using might be screwed up. Find another one, then just tighten up, should get a grip while your are tightening,, you can feel it happening.
You have to push the tubing in into the fitting while screwing the nut over it. If you're going to use the nylon tubing, I recommend slipping vacuum hose over it to protect it.
I recommend getting rid of the oil line all together and use a sending unit/gauge. If you must use your mechanical style then copper or nothing. Seen the plastic pull out of the unit and gauge. Not pretty in the car.
guages installed thanks guys... ill soon get copper but not for a while i guess it was opperator error
In all my years of working on cars, I've never had a nylon tubing oil line fail. Not saying it won't, but if it's done right, they're just as reliable as metal lines. MAybe in the case of an engine fire, but in that case the burning oil is the least of your worries.
I lost one in my car right after I put disk brakes on it. I must have wiggled something the right way but when I drove it to work after that I started loosing power on the freeway had low oil pressure and it started ticking. Well apparently I rattled it loose from its hiding spot(I didnt know where it was mounted I had only had the car about 3 weeks) and it slid down on the exhaust manifold melting the line and sealing it up, this showed I had oil pressure on the gauge side but let the engine side spray oil all over the engine bay and road. In turn due to low oil pressure on the top end it wiped out couple of lifters hense the tick and there were little sparkleys on the dipstick when I got oil in it at work But it did act like all of my old fords and was still able to drive it home. I gave that motor and transmission to a buddy of mine from work to ironically enough rebuild and put in his 65 comet. It did give me a good excuse to put a 5.0 HO and AOD in the car though.
But not always the most accurate. I was forced by the local track to go metal on the Comet's oil line, but I went a different route, and used steel brake line to the rear of the intake, braided steel hose thru the firewall and then had to resort to using nylon tubing from the braided line to the gauge. I Couldn't find any fittings that would mate the braided line to the gauge. I would have gone with copper, but I have seen it fail too, from fatique cracks as it ages. It works fine as long as it's kept stationary, but it tends to work harden with movement and vibrations in an engine compartment. When it work hardens it becomes brittle and cracks.
