i realized i have a pretty good leak in one of my oil cooler lines, ive heard its one of two things, it could be a crush washer used to seal connected lines or lines may need replaced. from what i read its kinda hard to find these crush washers, what i want to do is just replace them and i would most likely get some new crush washers with new replacement ones. i was wanting some suggestions on what different kinds of replacment lines i should consider aftermarket ones? what kind. any suggestions would be nice, thanks

 

18mm crush washers.nothing special.
You can buy steel braided lines from places such as Corksport( expensive) or try a Hydraulic shop.They can make you up a set.

 

Yea I may need some aswell my Fc 13b na just caught fire tonight when I was driving so it burned for a few minutes before I was able to put it out. So tomarrow I will start to strip down to see what can be salvaged.

 

I had the same problem when I picked up my FC, instead of troubleshooting old lines I just replaced them. I have the corksport ones, and they weren't expensive compared to options on atkins rotary or mazdatrix. If you know of a good local hydraulic shop then talk to them, but otherwise I'd recommend the corksport ones.

 

If the washers aren't cracked, take a propane torch and heat up the copper crush washers until they're glowing red, then dunk in water. That re-annealing process will allow them to crush, conform, and seal again.

 

Can I get the line corksport longer then the stock ones ?

 

Where is your leak? sometimes the problem is a crack in the oil cooler where the oil line connects.

 

the leak is where one of the lines connect to the engine pretty sure, i can watch it drip out of one of the lines i think i am going to replace them or get some made as soon as i can get them off and proceed with new ones haha any advice on removing them they seem like they can be a pain in the butt, thanks