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Old Oct 16, 2001 | 12:11 PM
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Thread pitch for oil lines?

Does anyone know offhand what the thread pitches for the oil lines are?

I found out why I'm now "using oil" - it's LEAKING from the long oil cooler line. Don't want to spend tons of cash on new rubber ones or new braided lines. Figuring on hitting up racerpartswholesale.com and buying the fittings and hose myself.
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Old Oct 16, 2001 | 01:18 PM
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Do you need to know the pitch going into the oil cooler? Were you planning on reusing the banjo bolt? I think I could check those out for you, but a guess would be 20 TPI (threads per inch) but I might be wrong. Anybnody else?
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Old Oct 16, 2001 | 02:24 PM
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Im not sure of the pitch either, but I took my old lines to a hydraulic hose store and they made me 2 new ones for $80.. That cheaper than 1 new one from anywhere else!. Just look in the phone book.
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Old Oct 16, 2001 | 05:05 PM
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What I plan on doing is getting the four metric-to-AN adapters ($8 each), two 60 degree fittings for the engine, two straight fittings for the oil cooler (12A application) and several feet of Aeroquip hose. I can do this for about $80 buying the parts myself.

Mazdarix's kit, from what I'm gleaned, uses -10 lines, which is a bit more expensive and IMO is overkill considering that -8 line has a .44" inside diameter which is smaller than most of the passages inside the engine including the oil filter passages.

Mazdatrix sells the adapter fittings ("16mm" and "18mm", no pitch given) for $9.50 each (for -10 line, mind you) and they sell the hoses minus fittings for $102 - so for a complete modular setup they want $140.

They also sell plain, fitted braided hoses for $100. I want the modular option in case this engine or oil cooler find themselves in a different chassis, or if I want to relocate the oil cooler (which I kinda do want to do eventually).

RPW sells -10 adapters in only 18mmx1.50, but they sell -8 adapters in 16mmx1.50 and 18mmx1.50.
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