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Old 10-11-2018, 06:49 AM   #26
homemade87
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Re: Making A New Oil Pressure Line.

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Originally Posted by LostMy65 View Post
I had the nylon tubing in my 66, and it became brittle and split and blew oil all over my father-in-laws driveway.
I've read of guys having them spray all over under their dash.
I guess that would have been worse.
I'm replacing mine with copper.
However, I have read of some saying that copper may crack from vibration.
Has anyone heard of or had an issue with the copper tubing?
Copper tubing does become harder over time . If not properly looped for stress relief the vibration will crack it premature . You are correct that copper can fail , this is why the auto industries does not use it . I even had to replace the copper tubing on my air compressor a couple times . Not good in a vibration environment .
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