Oil and Water Lines -Reliability Question
Is it worth it to go all steel braided?
I'm certain oil feed should be steel braided. 1) Oil drain w/ hi-temp silicone hose. Will this need to be replaced or cut every year(s)? Reliability? 2) Water lines will be made of aluminum tubing and places the heater hose about 1 foot away from the turbo. Will this need to be replaced or cut every year(s)? Reliability? I don't know if I should go all steel braided, solely for longevity and reliability reasons. I don't care for aesthetics of the engine, so disregard bling factor. Your experiences? Thanks. |
Joe Perez will come in and call me a cheap shit for saying so, but I've got 15k and a year of abuse on my silicone drain hose with no issues. I'd take stainless water lines before I'd do a stainless oil drain. Oil feed should be SS for pressure reasons.
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My oil feed is braided.
Drain is the high temp silicone and water is a regular old rubber hose, all wrapped in fiberglass weave. I bet they'll last the life of the car easy. |
I went to the junkyard and got some auto trannies banjo and hardlines for the turbo water lines. I got a tube bender for $10, and made some custom bends to get the start of the rubber lines away from the turbo.
For M14 water fittings, auto tranny lines/banjo from 240sx and subaru bolts will work. For M12 water fittings, You can get banjo/lines from A/C and P/S systems from toyota and honda. Or if you are really lucky, you can find stock banjo lines from a turbo car. Too bad, all them turbo were already taken in my local junkyard. |
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