Bob,
Would it be possible to replace that line with a 1/8" copper line
normally used for and oil pressure gauge? I don't know what size thread
the stock hose ends are but if it is possible to screw in a 1/8" NPT X
1/8" compression fitting you could install the copper line, coiled up to
prevent stress and never replace it again. I have been fortunate that
mine has not leaked but if it does, this is the route I will investigate.
Steve Bettencourt
http://www.bmcne.com
webmaster@bmcne.com
On Wed, 8 May 2002 21:54:52 -0500 "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
writes:
> After going through two new leaking block-to-oil-sensor hoses, I
> don't care
> to play anymore Russian Roulette with my engine. (This is the little
> hose,
> not the big oil cooler hose.) Does anyone know what I could use to
> plug or
> cap the outlet on the block?
>
> An old time mechanic once told me that oil gauges/idiot-lights
> actually
> destroy more engines than they save. The sensors are very often the
> source
> of catastrophic oil leaks!
>
> Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
> Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
> 52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
> 71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
> .
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