I am not sure why you would even run a plastic line for your oil pressure. Run it in 1/8 copper and put one loop in it for vibration. Every airplane I have owned has had the same set up whether it was certified or experimental. I also have always had a fitting with a .040 hole in it.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 13, 2021, at 3:16 PM, Ed Janssen <ejanssen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Seems like Steve Bennett told me once that that happened to him once while > flying his KR-1 which made quite a mess and at a high enough rate that he > wanted to get on the ground asap. Some KR drivers have been known to > replace plastic tubing annually to lower the risk of that happening. Cheap > precautions. > > Ed J. > >> On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 12:37 PM Gary Sack <garys...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Does anyone know what happens if the plastic capillary tube sending oil >> pressure back to the cockpit breaks? Mine is old, but in good condition. >> It I loose oil pressure reading and make a bit of a mess, I will chance it. >> If I lose 4 quarts of oil and seize the engine within a few minutes, I >> won't. >> Gary Sack. N81 JM >> ________________________________ >> -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> -Change list delivery options at >> https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board >> -Search recent KRnet Archives at >> https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ >> -Search <https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/-Search> >> John Bouyea's decades of archive at >> https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ >> > ________________________________ > -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > -Change list delivery options at > https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board > -Search recent KRnet Archives at > https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ > -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Bouyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
