Copper tube has the bad habit of work hardening, then cracking, in vibration applications... Diesel engines vibrate.... Oil lines to/from turbo cracking would cause loss of engine oil pressure.... not a happy event.
On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 3:38 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Seems to work ok for Mercedes. I dont trust that flexi stuff right between > the hot sides of the turbos and the manifold. It comes off the block next > to the downpipe. > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2019, 3:10 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > On 08/07/2019 5:03 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > > > Ok thanks. I just made a miscalculation on the diameter difference. The > > > flare tool is metric. I will get some of that 10mm copper brake line, > as > > > stainless will be harder to flare. Both holset turbos are metric. I > have > > a > > > 3/8" bender but it should work ok despite the 0.02" diameter > difference. > > > > > > > Will hard line like that stand up to vibration? You said this was an oil > > supply line to a turbo so you don't want it to fail. > > > > Are there stainless flex hoses that you could get and use? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
