Re: oil leak from oil canister
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Remove the lines and examine the fittings and tubing to see why they leak. It should be pretty obvious, cross-threaded fitting, bad flare, split in tubing, etc.
Posted on: 2017/7/12 9:08
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Re: oil leak from oil canister
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The good thing is the tubing can be replaced with ordinary 1/4" steel brake tubing which you can buy in premade lengths at Napa -- although finding the exact length of the originals may be impossible. It is possible to use shorter or longer lengths by creatively bending or rerouting.
If you need to buy another tube make sure to read the labels to be sure to get the nuts in American thread, not the metric which is frequently mixed up or hanging on a peg next to the American. You or your mechanic could also make a new tube out of copper tubing. Except for the 4 way brass fitting used on the bottom block port where the oil filter is fed via the front side port of the 4 way, the other fittings are all standard items available many places. If the 4 way is what is damaged that will require either a parts car or possibly Kanter, Ross or Max might have one.
Posted on: 2017/7/12 9:38
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Good Morning Brenda...Follow Owen's advice and take the lines off and look at them. If they look good, clean the threads on a wire wheel or with some fine steel wool and put them back on with a bit of plumbers tape or the plumbers paste that is sold at ACE Hardware. Often this is all that is necessary. Over tightening will not solve the problem as there is too much space between the threads, male and female parts. The plumbers tape or paste will fill it in and stop the leak. Good luck. Ernie
Posted on: 2017/7/12 10:12
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Should you need that line we have it NOS. When tightening the bottom fitting I suggest you use a "tubing wrench". With the small size regular wrenches often slip and round the corners.
Posted on: 2017/7/12 10:35
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Good advice from Fred about using a tubing wrench, too many fittings butchered by using incorrect tools. See the bottom image in the photo below for a tubing wrench.
I would resist using "plumbers tape (Teflon tape) on oil and gas lines. Too much of a chance of a sliver of the tape getting into the fluid stream and causing other problems ranging from annoying to severe. Brass fittings with pipe threads should not require pipe tape or pipe dope to achieve a leak-proof joint.
Posted on: 2017/7/12 10:45
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Such good advice. I'll take on this project and get back to you. Thank you
Posted on: 2017/7/12 11:23
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