Im driving home last night, i never really get on my car, and i see my oil pressure reading almost 0, so i check it this morning, and i see the oil comming from near the oil pressure and feed line fitting so i try to see if its just loose for some reason and by barley touching it snapped off................

So the thread from that fitting is in my block.....

Has this ever happened to anyone what did you do im gonna lose my mind

 

You can probably use a tap and dye set to get it out.

Just drill a small hole into the thing, screw in the piece and unscrew the whole piece out.

You can probably find one at any old parts store, hell any guy who's worked with metal will have a set. No harm no foul

 

ya... don't get upset.. its not that big of a deal

 

i swear by this set. it has left hand bits in case it is loose enough to walk out, and the extractors if it doesnt and needs some coaxing.

 

Nice set, who sells that?

 

 

yeah i got a set at the shop too. thing comes in handy quite often

 

too bad you will have to pull the block to do that.

 

I didnt have to take my block out. Just be very carefull

 

Yea same thing happened to me. Just get it out, and replace it with a much bigger stronger peice like i did. and plus mine has another outlet for like a gauge or something.

 

You most likely won't even have to drill it out, considering the fitting is already hollow. Just gentle tap an extracter in the hole and back it out.

 

it happened to me 2 times with a brass tee and 1 time with a steel tee from tunig toys. You can get it out with a reverse drill bit, just be extra careful. Let me tell you, I was so afraid. I just went ahead and put the stock sending unit back on and went with the golden eagle sandwich adapter. No problems ever since!

 

never use tees off the block. how many times have we seen this happen?

30?

 

ive ran turbo/ls vtec engines with multiple brass tee's on the block, daily drivers, for over 2 years and no problems. i dont understand why everyone has problems with this???

 

I dont use brass fittings anymore, I only use steel ones. I've never had any problem with them.

 

where can i get the style that replaces the sending unit so i can have my feed and oil pressure sensor hooked up...

STEEL prefferably ???

 

I don't hang the tee right off the block. Use a 12" section of line to a tee mounted on the firewall. That way the tee is more accessable too.

 

did u have ur fittings mounted directly to the block??

from wut i've read you want em on the firewall..

 

i had that happen to me when someone tried to jack my turbo setup. it really wasnt' that hard to get out. i just took some needle nose pliers, left them closed and stuck it into the hollow fitting and unscrewed it.

 

i lost a motor when this happened to me. i dropped 3rd on the freeway and it went up in smoke, so i pulled over and it was dripping oil. i go to touch check the feed line and the t-fitting falls off. i got the threaded piece out, but yeah, I already melted a piston =\ . now I run a sandwich adapter on the oil filter. will never run a t-fitting again.

 

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i beg to differ. you can do that with ease in the car.

 

i had the same problem. My oil tap snapped off twice. i got mine out with the easy out. best tool ever. go pick a set up

 

and this is why i dont tap for my oil feed off of that hole. ge oil sandwich plate for me. and i remote mount my oil pressure sender on the firewall

 

damn that sux bro...i just got my parts to move my T to the firewall..usin a 24" SS to the T then a 48" SS line to the turbo...has anyone ever broke this setup

 

If you're going to use an extractor bit like those, make sure you use a T-handle, you can get them at Lowes....I made that mistake of not getting one and I snapped the extractor bit, took me 5 hrs to get the bolt with snapped extractor out