Just curious, i was gonna use stainless steel, but it's so god damn exspensive and i'm having a hard time finding a dealer that sells the parts i want. So i was contimplating brass. I know it's softer and has a lower melt temp, but it can't be that low. I want some opinions and facts. Thanks

oh yeah, this is for my oil feed and return and coolant feed and return lines. And i don't wanna use steel cause i don't want it to rust.

 

They'll work fine, and most steel fittings have a plating on them (cad i think) so they won't rust. Either is fine.

 

While fittings are the topic at hand...

Should any type of sealant (teflon tape..ect) be used on the oil inlet fitting on the turbo (4an - 1/8NPT)?

I remember someone saying that you shouldn't, but it's been so long I'm not too sure.

 

If you don't want an oil leak, then yes, you should use teflon tape on the threads of all pipe thread fittings. Be careful on the feed fitting that you don't put too much that could come off and get stuck in the turbo. Just make sure you don't go past the threads where they start and only a couple layers.

 

i sually only put teflon tape.. on the en dof the threads.. meaning.. when you screw it on.. it will not have threads there but just at the end of you screwing it on.. i do that becuz.. so that i will be able to catch threads frist with out crossthreading it

 

Thanks Radio Shack man!...

I remember someone of relative importance (some shop on HT) telling me the teflon tape would burn off. At the time I was kinda of sceptical because I used it on the fitting of my old setup with no problems.

Thanks for clearing me up...

 

I always recommend to my customers to use Teflon on the Pipe thread part only. Not on the AN since it is a re-usable JIC 37 deg flares.

Basically anything that is not attaches to the line, use teflon tape

stan

 

Ok, how bout this. Can i use copper as my lines, basically the soft copper tubing you'd get at Home Depot for running water lines???

 

I wouldn't....
they are not flexible, your motor wil experience jerking from torque your motor puts out...

I sell lines separately if you need one. Do it right the first time...plus, copper may not be able to withstand a high buring oil temp, it may handle regular water from water heater, but not oil.

stan


EDIT, for oil lines, use stainless braided lines
For water lines, you can use a regular rubber hose from autozone or pep boys, get a regular 3/8" heater hose



Modified by Flamenco-T at 12:09 AM 7/14/2003

 

i use brass fittings for the water feed lines on my turbo, they work fine!