Plastice Pipe Under Oil Pressure Sender?
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Plastice Pipe Under Oil Pressure Sender?
What is that plastic pipe that is located directly under the oil pressure sender? There is a hose going to it from the passenger side of the firewall and I ended up breaking the plastic part when I pulled the hose off of it so I need to give Ray a call but I have no idea what to ask for and I don't see it in the FSM under cooling or the engine section. :-/
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It does absolutely nothing except break and leak. The only thing I can think of is Mazda thought it would serve as some kind of quick release or maybe they thought the hose was less likely to get stuck to the plastic pipe vs the metal one. It does neither of these too well. I take those off on every motor I build and just slip the heater hose over the metal pipe, and secure it with a decent worm gear hose clamp.
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Sweet thanks for the replies I didn't know if it had any special purpose like I said so I figured I'd just replace it but whatever I can do to cut costs on my current build up. Still need to place a second order with Ray
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I have never had one slip off and how many have I done ? I will break , remove good ones because they will rot and break sometime down the road . Do it once and keep going .
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I pulled the metal nipple out of the housing and cast weld up the holes on all three of my FDs. I do not run a Heater/AC unit. I know this may not be what you are doing but to those who do not run a heater you might consider this. Long ago I tried a hose cap over that nipple and after some age it started to crack. Loss of coolant here would be terrible.
You can't even tell a nipple was there.
You can't even tell a nipple was there.
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It certainly is not a "quick disconnect" as there is nothing quick about figuring out how to disconnect it. Everybody knows what you are talking about when you say "quick disconnect" though.
Its there to make engine installation at the factory easier, as that spot is a pain in the *** to get to and by using it the installer doesn't need to fiddle with hose clamps. So really the part is a "quick connect"
Its there to make engine installation at the factory easier, as that spot is a pain in the *** to get to and by using it the installer doesn't need to fiddle with hose clamps. So really the part is a "quick connect"
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