LT1: Buggered Up my Steam Pipe
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LT1: Buggered Up my Steam Pipe
In the event that year matters my car is a 1994.
In the process of replacing headgaskets, I bent the tube a bit removing it and the 'rubber washer' that seals it doesn't appear to be in the best of shape. It seems a little bit too brittle/fatigued from 18 years of heat cycles to reinstall and trust.
I know some of you have made your own. I imagine you can ditch the banjo bolt and use a 90* fitting and some tubing/compression fittings to tie the 2 heads together with a T in the middle to go to the hose that it connects (which I believe goes right to the radiator).
I was thinking of adding a second T fitting with a bleeder screw in it. Not sure if there is any benefit there though.
Maybe there is a better way?
I'd love to see what you guys have done.
In the process of replacing headgaskets, I bent the tube a bit removing it and the 'rubber washer' that seals it doesn't appear to be in the best of shape. It seems a little bit too brittle/fatigued from 18 years of heat cycles to reinstall and trust.
I know some of you have made your own. I imagine you can ditch the banjo bolt and use a 90* fitting and some tubing/compression fittings to tie the 2 heads together with a T in the middle to go to the hose that it connects (which I believe goes right to the radiator).
I was thinking of adding a second T fitting with a bleeder screw in it. Not sure if there is any benefit there though.
Maybe there is a better way?
I'd love to see what you guys have done.
Pro
Joined: May 2008
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That thing is a royal pain! I bent mine when replacing my heads this winter. I was able to carefully straighten it back out. I also rounded the head of the bolts, couldn't find new ones around here so I just carefully ground on the head until it dropped in size to the next lower size wrench (forget what that was).I replaced the washers, all 4 of them, so far no leaks. Good luck.
PS; I have heard of some guys cutting part of the tube out that cracked and replacing it with good quality rubber hose and hose clamps.
PS; I have heard of some guys cutting part of the tube out that cracked and replacing it with good quality rubber hose and hose clamps.
