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How to replace oil cooler and fuel lines. Dad's tip!


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You don't have to Buy braided lines or custom lines to fix leaking fuel and/or oil cooler lines.

Here is a simple and inexpensive fix.

As long as your Banjo fittings and steel parts of the lines are in good shape you can replace the rubber lines and reuse the metal parts.

 

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For the oil cooler I used 3/8 hose....

http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/Rikert/g54b/P5020080.jpg

 

And then you will need the matching CRIMP clamps.

These are great clamps. I don't suggest anything but these.

 

http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/Rikert/g54b/P5020079.jpg

 

You should be able to get these at any industrial hose place.

Be sure to tell them if it's fuel or oil going in the line so you get the correct type of hose.

 

Then you need a dremel with cut off wheel and pliers - a strong pair of dull wire cutters will work to crimp the clamp- as long as they don't cut the clamp.

 

Lets get started- I'm sure you have already removed the lines, Put the lines in a vice.

http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/Rikert/g54b/P5020085.jpg

 

Now, take the cut off wheel and score a cut in the old crimp of the hose...

Be careful to just go deep enough to cut the crimp and not the steel line.

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Now flip it over and do the opposite side of the crimp...

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This is what it should look like.

http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/Rikert/g54b/P5020089.jpg

 

Take a small screw driver and pry the crimp apart...

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You should now be able to pull the hose off exposing your line..

Now is a good time to flush out the steel lines before assembly.

http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt101/Rikert/g54b/P5020092.jpg

 

Save the protective outer covering and cut your new hose to the same length as the old.

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Slide the clamps and hoses on the lines... do not crimp them yet.

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Now before you crimp the lines.. You have to clock them just right so

put them close to or on the cooler and the oil filter housing and lightly crimp them or use a marker to

get the position correct.

 

Time to Crimp the lines.

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This works on all 3 fuel lines also. ;)

 

Dad

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I did this several years ago when mine were leaking badly. I didn't have a hydraulic shop anywhere nearby to get the oil rated hose or the crimps though. I used fuel injection hose and and doubled up injection clamps on each fitting. Been running like this since about 2002.
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I use these at work to repair air lines and Oxy/Fuel gas hoses.

 

A trade name for those rings is Oetiker.

Any welding/gas supply place will carry them.

I suggest bringing in your hose and getting the correct ring.

They make a bunch of different sizes.

http://www.oetiker.com/content.asp?l=4&idNavig=28

 

Tile nipper pliers work pretty well for crimping.

I usually do an even 2 step crimp on both sides.

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Thank you Rich, Those are the exact clamps, We just took our lines to Youngstown rubber products ( http://www.midstatehose.com/ ) to match up the hose and clamps. Picked up enough to do a few sets since we have 5 quests between the 3 of us !

 

Dad

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Great call to do this BEFORE they start to leak.

 

Could I humbly request a posting of the exact hose sizes & lengths (name/type) so we can all know exactly what to order? :) (escpecially if an online source is found to be best)

 

- power steering hoses

- oil cooler hoses

- fuel line (metal to feed filter)

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Great call to do this BEFORE they start to leak.

 

Could I humbly request a posting of the exact hose sizes & lengths (name/type) so we can all know exactly what to order? :) (escpecially if an online source is found to be best)

 

- power steering hoses

- oil cooler hoses

- fuel line (metal to feed filter)

 

 

The oil cooler lines are M16 x 1.5... I used M16 x 1.5 to 6an fittings with 6an lines

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