copper oil lines, anyone thought of this??
 

i took your standerd breke line for a car and it fits great in the turbo , t28,
and thin i took 1/4 copper line and ran it from the oil sending unit. is this a bad idea??
it seems that it would work and cost les than 5 dollars!
just my 2 cents hope it helps someone and save a little money

no need to send injecters to my door step :3

Re: copper oil lines, anyone thought of this??
 

very bad idea, i had them hooked up for my lsvtec, worse thing i ever did, the fitting kept leaking and blowing off, it was horrible, i had to replace them 3 times before i gave up on them, just buy a oil line kit from ---------------------------, they work very well

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what if i JB weld the ---- outta them??
will that teach them a lesson?? :y

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---- ya it will. JB something enough and eventually it will work.

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thin god damn im running to auto zone now :y to buy 6 tubs of jb.

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lol :y

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factory oil feed lines are hardlines so i dont think you invented anything but they certainly work....

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they are real metal with flared fittings not copper

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the line that goes to the turbo is a brake line!
the others are copper :y yea i love that thing!! :y :y

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https://hometown.aol.com/dwmcintosh2/images/fin.jpg
I saw this on honda tech awhile back . copper overkill the thing looks like a moonshine still.But the guy never said it leaked either

Re: copper oil lines, anyone thought of this??
 

ya i have been reving mine pretty hard and had no leaks!
i thank its just about getting them properly fitted :y

Re: copper oil lines, anyone thought of this??
 

those look like regular stainless hard lines. I used brakelines for oil and coolant for my TT kit, it worked out fine

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LOL that sounds like a good idea to use brake lins . ::) Everybody knows stealthmode oil fittings break if you torque them to 13 lb :1

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Why are you rolling your eyes? If you think its a bad idea I'd really like to hear your logic...

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Dude, buying 6 of them with the copper tubing could almost buy you the stainless line. Brake lines work just fine even with the heat. A local auto store told me they are pretty normal for that use.

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Sorry man I put the eye roll in the wrong place . I was to say that the people saying the stealthmode fitting were bad.....brake lines should work great. they can take some heat and get plenty of fitting for them.
The lines in the pic I posted are copper though thats what the guy on ht said . I would think that a copper fitting or line wouldn't like the heat and vibration from a high reving engine and break over time though.

really fuel line would work good to.

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well i will test it for every one!
this is my daily driver, i drive 500 miles a week so that will put it to it! :y

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brake fluid i would think gets just as hot as motor oil, its running through a brake caliper that takes tons of heat and brake fluid has to last alot longer then oil and is mor corrosive, so it should work the same if not better..just not as pretty or conveinent

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for sure thats what i thought also
pressure builds lots of heat. and brake lines are ment for that. :y
can i get a hell ya?? :y :y :y

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that is a flux capacitor. I bet that thing can hit 88mph in no time. anyone know what that is for real though.? oil filter of some sort?

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It looks photo chopped... I don't think it was actually there.

Re: copper oil lines, anyone thought of this??
 

*L* no I put the flux capacitor on there with photoshop just to mess with the dude .

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If you have a bender you can make them look clean. At least they don't flop around in the engine bay like regular lines and they are about 40x cheaper than braided

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/turbo_...hitey_TT_2.jpg


Copper is too expensive IMO.

Re: copper oil lines, anyone thought of this??
 

I'm gonna go with brake lines on my project now it looks fine and I already have a bender probably cost me $30 total . should I still use a flex line for the drain to the pan though ?

Re: copper oil lines, anyone thought of this??
 

for the oil return i used a hydraulic hose form rual king. with a 21mm head and a 3/4 fitting on the end and drilled a hole in the pan and JBed the ---- outt it!
it works great.
the total of my oil line kit was less than 20 bucks!'
with the hyd. hose fitting napa made for me!!! :y
im cheap but hay thats money for somthing elese right?? :y

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Yeah thats how I look at it to . I meen the 60-80 bucks I save can be spentgoing into someother part of the project that over half of a walbro 255 .