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Old 09-14-2024, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Chuck_Burg View Post
I used a copper oil pressure line for my fuel pressure gauge because I felt it looked the period.
I would *NEVER* do that. Never use copper on oil or fuel lines. I almost burned a test car to the ground when the copper oil pressure line broke, dumping oil onto the exhaust manifolds. Lucky.
Another test car did burn to the ground when the copper fuel pressure line work hardened during a cold weather test trip. The engineer got out, but lost all his clothes, including his jacket. You could see the burn spot on the highway up by Grayling for many years.
You'd think the techs would know not to use copper....
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