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Ok, I peeked under the dash and found a plastic oil pressure line. The line actually had bubbles or air pockets in the line. I purchased an copper oil line from a vendo
r and I'm going to replace it. How do I attach the copper tubing to the brass fittings? Do I use teflon tape? Any suggestions please. Thanks , Sully
My 65 has plastic, no telling how long it’s been on there. I remember using it on other cars as well without a problem. I would think it would withstand vibration better than steel! Why not plastic?
Because plastic is petroleum based and hot oil and plastic aren’t a good combo...That’s one of the first things I replaced when I stole my ‘66 from my father.
I had visions of 10W/30 filling my drivers side footwell...
Back in the 60's and 70's if you bought an oil gauge to add to a car that just had a light most came with a plastic hose. Never had any problems with them unless you kinked the hose or let it rest against something that would rub a hole in it.
Because plastic is petroleum based and hot oil and plastic aren’t a good combo...That’s one of the first things I replaced when I stole my ‘66 from my father.
I had visions of 10W/30 filling my drivers side footwell...
That's exactly what happened to my 67 Corvette . Someone had installed a plastic oil line and it burst where the compression fitting had compressed it , flooding the new carpet on the passenger side . Luckily my wife saw it before it did any engine damage .
That's exactly what happened to my 67 Corvette . Someone had installed a plastic oil line and it burst where the compression fitting had compressed it , flooding the new carpet on the passenger side . Luckily my wife saw it before it did any engine damage .
There is plastic and then there is PLASTIC.................Some plastic tubing was polyethylene and other plastic tubing was nylon. I used the nylon, and it held up well in my older (non-Corvette) cars. But using the polyethylene was not the best idea.
There is plastic and then there is PLASTIC.................Some plastic tubing was polyethylene and other plastic tubing was nylon. I used the nylon, and it held up well in my older (non-Corvette) cars. But using the polyethylene was not the best idea.
I drove a 58 Biscayne when in college that had a ticking noise coming from the dash. Drove me crazy, finally narrowed down to the oil pressure gauge. The metal line was transmitting engine noise, oil pump maybe, to the dash. I replaced it with nylon. Not that I would ever recommend that.
There is plastic and then there is PLASTIC.................Some plastic tubing was polyethylene and other plastic tubing was nylon. I used the nylon, and it held up well in my older (non-Corvette) cars. But using the polyethylene was not the best idea.
Larry
I guess I need to clarify .I call it plastic but it actually was the regular automotive oil line nylon that broke . It will break at the compression fitting if you tighten it too much which was obviously what happened . Why would anyone even attempt to use hardware plastic tubing for that purpose ?
I guess I need to clarify .I call it plastic but it actually was the regular automotive oil line nylon that broke . It will break at the compression fitting if you tighten it too much which was obviously what happened . Why would anyone even attempt to use hardware plastic tubing for that purpose ?
There are many BUBBAs working on these cars. Check the archives if in doubt.
08-31-2018, 08:21 PM
'65 oil pressure line - Plastic? Bubba been here?
