Curious you should mention this. I just replaced mine a few weeks ago. It
didn't fail catastrophically, it was just oozing near the end fitting.
>From the look of it, it was the original 1966 part.
Bill Schooler had this to say:
>Would be interested to learn if anyone has experienced a failure of
>subject part. This oil line is found on all MBG 1800 engines, from 1962
>through 1980. It runs from the lower right hand side of the block to
>either an oil pressure sender or to the pressure line feeding the gauge.
>In my experience it is a rubber hose, covered with stainless steel
>braiding.
>
>If you have experienced such a failure, was it the original hose, or a
>replacement?
>
>Bill Schooler
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great,
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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