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> This past weekedn I replaced the old steel oil pressure guage line, with some
> clear plastic line and also installed an oil pressure switch (rated at 20psi)
> on the Midget.
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Gerry, be careful using plastic tubing for oil pressure line.
When the engine comes up to temp. the oil will be HOT. If the
plastic tubing is not rated for the temp and pres. it will
rupture or if it toutches something HOT it will melt. Leaving
you with a oil leak all over the engine compartment and
no oil. This happened to my friend and a tractor. He replaced the
oil guage with one from a catalogue and it came with a plastic
tubing and fittings. I helped him install it but the tubing just
did not look right. To me it felt to flexable, well it worked
ok till it warmed up. The tubing expaned, broke and HOT oil
was blowing out of the broken tubing all over everything at
about 60 PSI. Mess city.
paul
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