AN fitting movement / rotation on Oil Cooler Lines?

1slow370

so what GTM is saying is tardcore screwed with his lines? can we get his opinion on that because i swear to god if my lines blow on my GTM sometime after i install it there will be a very pissed of man knocking on sam's front door. if tardcore screwed with the lines then i'll feel better, and care less that he hates his car and thinks he should have gotten a vette, then i currently do (which isn't a whole lot).

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TipsZ

I sent him a PM a few days back asking if he did anything to the lines, but he has not responded. From what I can tell, he has not visited our boards since the end of February.

I am going to order a new set of lines from GTM and I expect that everything should be in working order upon the 2nd time around. I kept thinking to myself that it was odd that the lines themselves could rotate freely from the AN fitting. I drove it for one day after the initial installation, and check the lines and that was when I noticed the seepage. I double checked to make sure everything was snug. I even posted on the forums asking if there should be a specific torque needed on the AN fittings. I was beginning to think that the seepage was normal, until I turned the car on and actually heard the "pwhoosh" sound of something popping and the gurgling noise of the oil spraying everywhere. I guess I can be thankful that this happened in my garage and not out on the road somewhere (my wife may think otherwise due to all of the oil on the garage floor .. but oh well).

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Modshack

Apparently that's the case. Whomever assembled or reassembled the AN fittings did not have a CLUE as to what they were doing.

Shame you had to be victim #2. Stainless lines just do not come apart unless done incorrectly.

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1slow370

well you should only need one line if you have the one new one they sent

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Modshack

He actually doesn't need any if he reassembles the one bad end..(these are reusable fittings)
Scroll down to page 5 in this .PDF for instructions. I'll be building a few lines this week..

http://97.74.103.94/files/bhose.pdf

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TipsZ

Mod, I do not feel comfortable cutting the hoses and doing that myself. That was the whole reason that during my transaction with Tardcore, I kept re-iterating .. ok so I get the good "used" hose (under the assumption it was untampered), the new hose, the setrab core, and mounting bracket.... Little did I know, he had tampered with the other "used" hose as well.

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TipsZ

Good point. The thing is that line is sooo long. I guess I can switch it to the other side to help take up some of the extra slack, and perhaps just need the short line from GTM. It just still bothers me that the line just came off like that .. it makes me wonder whether he attempted to alter the "new" line as well. I should have taken more pictures of the items received as well as the installation. At one point, early in the process, I did think it was odd that the nut portion of the AN fittings appeared to worn a bit .. but I passed it off as normal wear from installation and removal.

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