AN fitting movement / rotation on Oil Cooler Lines?

TipsZ

DAMN IT!! The GTM line just burst exactly like Tardcore's did. I KNEW I shouldn't have bought that kit from him!! It is definitely the lines that GTM supplies, as I really thought it was odd that the hose itself would rotate freely from the AN fitting itself. I doubt that GTM will do anything though, as I bought the used kit from Tardcore.

Prior to it bursting, I took these pics just minutes before I started the engine.
You can barely see the seepage, but it builds up where the hose and AN fitting meet.



This is what it looks like when it burst, once I started the engine:




You can actually see the oil dripping still:

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SAM@GTM

When Tardcore's called us saying that the hose we supplied with the oil cooler kit has burst, we assumed responsibly and send a new hose with a return shipping label for the old hose. Upon inspecting the hose we got back, we discovered that the hose has been shorten, we order thees lines pre-cut to an exact length . if you shorten the line and you don't have any experience in reassembling this type of parts, the line will come apart . and this exactly what happened in Tardcore's case . so what burst right now is line that was taking part and shorten by the original purchaser. and this is the only reason why you would have a line that is a lot longer then the other one, per you pm.

Sam

TipsZ

That explains it perfectly! I had wondered why the 2 lines lines (the new one in package) and the used one he supplied was almost the same length. I did not change the length of the lines at all. I used them exactly as Tardcore had supplied them. I will get another shot of the excess length of one of the lines, as they are installed on the car. That probably won't happen until this weekend, however, as I was so distraught that I did not want to work on it last night. I still need to get the car back up in the air, finish cleaning the oil, take off the front bumper and THEN I will take some pics.

Either way, how much will it cost for a new set of lines?

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JB1

Shouldn't the oil lines run underneath the sway bar? Whenever the car moves down (and the sway bar moves up) the bar pushes against the lines, resulting in the line pulling on the fitting?

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TipsZ

The angle at which the lines are supplied you can not run them underneath the sway bar. Trust me, I have plenty of length for it to adjust with the movement of the car. In fact, these lines blew upon turning the car on .. and not while driving the vehicle. Thus, no stress was tension placed on the lines at all. That further proves GTM's point that it appears the length of the lines were altered. I just assumed that what Tardcore gave me was in working order and without alteration from what GTM supplied.

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