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Subject: [Healeys] Oil Flex Pipe Failure
From: eyera3000 at gmail.com (I Erbs)
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 19:06:04 -0800
References: <DC4165BA-CAA4-4A54-80CD-2B252A4FCD51@jcomm.uoregon.edu>
staring oil is not  a great idea.
Try to find an oil tolerant tape to wrap the hose or break it loose, put a
section of hose with two hose clamps over the ruptured section.
Or pay for a tow. find  a friend with a AAA card.... not worth screwing
with your bottom end...

On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Charlie Frazer <cfrazer at 
jcomm.uoregon.edu>wrote:

> On a drive today, a friend's oil flex pipe, the braid-covered hose leading
> from the crankcase to the oil pressure gauge tube, ruptured resulting in a
> catastrophic oil leak.
> Fortunately, we discovered the problem early and stopped and secured the
> car after losing only several quarts of oil.
>
> We have topped up the oil, but need to move the car 4-5 miles to a
> location where we can replace the ruptured pipe.
> The break  is in about the middle of the flex pipe.
>
> Can we simply clamp off the tube below (engine side of) the break with a
> hose clamp or vice grips in order to drive the car a short distance for
> repair?
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Charlie
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