I need a temporary fix for one of the oil filter cooler hoses on my 83 GSL Behive. I am thinking of using PVC elbows and 5/8" tubing. Can someone smarter that me (shouldn't be to difficult) tell me if (A) Will the PVC elbows stand up to the temperature requirements and (B) will the reduction from 5/8" to 1/2" on the elbows cause any flow problems.

Thanks in advance.

 

Here is the idea visually.

 

I used some 1/2" copper fittings as a temporary fix, the reduced flow didn't seem to cause any problems, and the copper can defintely stand up to high heat.

 

WOAH. hold on, ur taking upto 90psi of oil preassue in these lines and ur going to fix it with a push tight plastic elbow????? if u oil liens are so far gones that u need to improvise with something like this. then don't drive ur car, u'll be sorry u did.
NEVER half-*** any work on ur oil system, u have no idea how fast ur blow ur motor if something were to go wrong.

i've heard of some guys take the old oil lines to a industrial hose fitters and have spent about 40-50$ but ur gunna have know what will work in ur car, or just hope the chashier knows about automotives.

otherwise u can buy the oil lines from racing beat and they're pretty much streight forward.

 

Even a schd 80 (heavy grade) pvc part would fail in time... so id opt not to use that. its easy to get 90* hose barbs in metal, but depending on the system pressure (im not familiar with FB's) it could be asking for a leak at the joint.

Getting a pice of hydraulic hose made up may be the best option and its pretty cheap too. Youll just need to figure out fittings and length, which can be a pain...

 

Thanks guys but it is the oil cooler hoses not the oil lines themselves... Obviously they would be well clamped as well. Maybe copper is a better temporary solution.

 

Yeah..its the coolant lines, not oil guys.

My copper started off as a temporary solution....as the dealership said the replacement hose had a 3 week backorder on it, so after it arrived, I was just too lazy to put it on. I've had the copper fitting on there for over a year and a half now with no issues.

 

darkfrost - PVC will work for coolant system b/c it's only 13psi and mostly water. just make sure u've got good hose clamps on and i'll sleep better

don - my mistake for not reading properly (i own 2nd gen (front mount)), ur COOLANT lines to the behive are fine to be fixed with PVC pipe, again good hose clames are best idea. just make sure the plastic isn't goign to touch any metal otherwise it'll melt through.

 

Go with two 90 degree copper elbows. They're cheap at Canadian Tire, and that's what I used. I ran about 5k km like that.

I don't see why the PVC wouldn't stand up to the coolant, but considering it's about 60 cents each for the copper ones, it's worth just using those instead.

Heck, if I hadn't thrown out my makeshift J-hose, I'd have lent it to ya.

Jon

 

It was actually not the J hose it was the other oil cooler hose going to the heater that was defunkt. But never-the-less both need to be changed. I agree that copper would be the better material and I will proceed that way. Appreciate all the input.

 

I'd think pvc should be fine considering it withstands heatgun temperatures. I used to shape it all the time when I used to build swimming pools and hot tubs.

 

thats pvc hose, not preformed pvc connectors. little different.
the PVC elbow will be fine, but copper is better.

 

I looked at mine today, looks like I doubled up on the hose clamps too, 2 metal ones on each copper-hose connection. Probably because I was just as cautious when taking this route.

 

Well I installed it this morning with copper elbows. It seems to work fine. Thanks all.

 

i bought some Russel hoses and costomed it on