Oil Cooler hose exploded

travisjb · 02-06-2010, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Travis: was your failure do to a properly assembled fitting?

my installer said it was a blown line, but i suspect it was not fully attached... again, not the GTM kit, but lesson learned is to use the highest quality components and 3x check fittings when it comes to the oiling system... the pump on this car has a very high throughput and moves a lot of oil in short order in order to keep the upper end of the motor cool... so when these sorts of things happen, you have very little time to react and get the motor turned off

m4a1mustang · 02-06-2010, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by travisjb

my installer said it was a blown line, but i suspect it was not fully attached... again, not the GTM kit, but lesson learned is to use the highest quality components and 3x check fittings when it comes to the oiling system... the pump on this car has a very high throughput and moves a lot of oil in short order in order to keep the upper end of the motor cool... so when these sorts of things happen, you have very little time to react and get the motor turned off

Seems to me like an oil pressure gauge is a definite must.

I am planning on building my own kit and will be using the aeroquip socketless hoses.

fstrnldr · 02-06-2010, 11:12 AM

i'm not going to say this was the original posters problem ( i don't know nearly enough about the product, or install to even guess), but this brought up a good reminder. When you guys do the installs on these kits, the hoses MUST have some slack in them. The engine is not solid mounted to the chassis so as the engine moves under down shifts, and up shifts, it will pull on the hoses if they are too tight and rigidly mounted to the sub frame. That is probably one of the few ways i could see there being enough force to yank a hose end off of a JIC hose assembly like that. Assuming it was properly assembled of course.

travisjb · 02-06-2010, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by fstrnldr

i'm not going to say this was the original posters problem ( i don't know nearly enough about the product, or install to even guess), but this brought up a good reminder. When you guys do the installs on these kits, the hoses MUST have some slack in them. The engine is not solid mounted to the chassis so as the engine moves under down shifts, and up shifts, it will pull on the hoses if they are too tight and rigidly mounted to the sub frame. That is probably one of the few ways i could see there being enough force to yank a hose end off of a JIC hose assembly like that. Assuming it was properly assembled of course.

that's a good point sam... op, any thoughts? was there enough slack?

fstrnldr · 02-06-2010, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by travisjb

that's a good point sam... op, any thoughts? was there enough slack?

I think you have me confused with someone else.

travisjb · 02-06-2010, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Seems to me like an oil pressure gauge is a definite must.

I am planning on building my own kit and will be using the aeroquip socketless hoses.

Definitely on the gauge... I'm using a spa dual water/oil temp gauge in place of the clock... and for those that haven't seen it, check out Lou's TT build thread and look for the pics of his new gauges!

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fstrnldr Base Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: CA Posts: 170 Drives: Canyonero Rep Power: 17	i'm not going to say this was the original posters problem ( i don't know nearly enough about the product, or install to even guess), but this brought up a good reminder. When you guys do the installs on these kits, the hoses MUST have some slack in them. The engine is not solid mounted to the chassis so as the engine moves under down shifts, and up shifts, it will pull on the hoses if they are too tight and rigidly mounted to the sub frame. That is probably one of the few ways i could see there being enough force to yank a hose end off of a JIC hose assembly like that. Assuming it was properly assembled of course.