I cant think of any reason other then the vac line might not stand up to the oil.

Opinions?

thanks in advance.

Jarrett

 

I'd replace It. Perhaps the pliability could negate against the Ol making It's way out the OI's. I do remember Hailers doing a repair on the line when I advised on replacing It on another thread. Let me find It...

 

I'd replace It. Perhaps the pliability could negate against the Oil making It's way out the OI's. I do remember Hailers doing a repair on the line when I advised on replacing It on another thread. Let me find It...

 

I'd replace It. Perhaps the pliability of the line could negate against the Oil making It's way out the OI's. I do remember Hailers doing a repair on the line when I advised on replacing It on another thread. Let me find It...

 

wow triple post

 

I need to know for sure on this. I just broke a third one on my FC andI broke my spare so I need to fix one of them. I would only need the repair tolast for 2 weeks max. until the one from mazdatrix comes in.

 

I'd replace it. Each one is a molded and custom fit and it snakes thru some pretty tight areas. The hose might also expand instead of delivering the extra shot of lube needed at full throttle.

 

You can patch it and use premix for the time being just to be sure.

 

Sorry Jarrett I can't find the link. Search function Is being a pain not to mention even posting. Sorry about the triple post.

 

DO NOT REPAIR IT WITH VACUUM LINE!! Someone did this to my 3rd Gen and it was a Mess! Not to mention it bulged and I had little to no oil pressure. Buy the line. Dave KD found this on my car while looking for oil leaks. I had bought the car that had just had a motor replaced by the dealer. That was almost 3 years ago, Dave said to never do that.

 

if you're only gonna do it for 2 weeks, and you absolutly need your car...try going to a motorcycle shop, i think they have an oil line very similar to the omp line (not molded of course). it'll prob hold up better than a vaccuum line.

having said that, i patched one of mine with a vac line for a week and it was all spongey and worn at the end of the week. vac line's not meant for carrying oil.

john

 

I would imagine that oil would degrade th line after a while.

 

Yeah, from what I have gathered, the vac line will deteriorate (I kinda figured that)... So, I think they are getting replaced.

Funny thing is, they were fine, but I broke all of them thinking that you could just slide the line off of the nipple. What a dummy... I know better now.

Oh well. More money down the drain.

Jarrett

 

For a two week fix it'll be fine.
I had a 12A motor that I broke a line during a swap and what I did was cut the hard oil line neat and flush to each other and stuck them inside a silicone vaccum line so they'd practically meet each other inside. Then took wire and twisted it till it was real tight against the silicone vaccum line at each end. Never had to go back and ran it that way for quite some time. I always watched it though.
I seen someone else stick a nail in the line and burn/melt the end so it would become mushroomed and not come off the silicone vaccuum hose.