My uncle says i can use my 3an brake line that is stainless steel with teflon coating on the inside for my oil feed line. Can i do this or will it melt? I know ur not suppose to use the ones from home depot but i think a brake line one is different.

 

I wouldn't do that. The oil around the turbo is very hot and the brake line is not designed for oil anyways. May brake down. Not sure on this, but just a suggestion

 

come on flemenco T. I know you know the answer to this one . BTW if it is a bad idea i'll just make my own 3an line from regular SS, whatever regular means

 

Yeah. Definitely do not use brake lines for oil! it will melt, gaurenteed around the turbo.

 

I have been using teflon 2000psi brake line for like 6 months. it works fine (great)!

 

Oh, and on homemadeturbo.com someone is selling an oil feed and return kit, with a tee for the oil sender on the back of the block for $80 shipped. The highest quality you can get. Check it!

 

80 is waayyy to much. Oil lines are easy to make and the fittings are super cheap. except that damn bspt to npt adaptor.

 

Talked to gramps and he said that he uses brake lines for oil on the race car. He runs em from the front of the car to the rear and attached to the dry sump tank. Not sure if it's the same as a Honda but u'd think if they use it on the race car then it's okay. You gotta remember that the oil will only be around 180 degrees. Doesn't seem like that much to me. He says they fail at around 300+ degrees. But this is my grandfather we're talking about here so i dunno, lol

 

I used a ss braided teflon line from mcmaster.com its been fine. The site says -65 to 450F. I got all the parts on this list:

sorry who ever's pic that is. If you get all those parts you put the tee on the firewall so it puts no stress on the block. The line from the block goes to 2 tees. I used all the outlets with the line to the turbo, the stock oil pressure sender, and an aftermarket pressure sender. If you dont want the tees on the firewall just keep one of them with the appropriate adapters...real cheap

 

Nice post. to all the people that said it couldn't be done.....you've just been OWNED !

 

It'll work fine. What do you think the -3 "oil feed" lines you buy are? It's the same line you use for brake lines...

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=377208

Here is a link with a lot more info on the mcmaster.com oil lines. Much thanks to b18eg6 for the awesome writeup. I got that original pic from him too. Hopefully this will save people some money on their feed lines.

 

I'm using a Goodridge universal line for my oil feed now... Got it from a Muscle Car shop here in memphis... Has the 45* angle on the end for the turbo, also. Great stuff for $30!

 

im curious is it #3, 3-AIM * replace M with N) or 3 -A-N- or is it 3AN " pronunciatoin" spellin suks

 

-3 AN

Said this way: Dash - three - ay(Canadian speak "eh?") - in.

 

yeah I am sorry to tell you guys most of the -3 stuff is "brake" line and its the teflon lined braid. It works very well.