martinembleton

Hi I had a mishap with my oil pressure line of my sandwich plate I snap it but how can you put it back on as it's tight is the a nac to it ?







Sorry for the rubbish pics please help

Cheers Martin

ajamesc

You using plactic pipe?

martinembleton

Yer it's like very hard it was what on the car when I brought it ?

ajamesc

There is a special tool that grips the pipe and let's you knock the fitting in. But you can get away with putting the end of the pipe in boiling water till it's a little softer and then push the fitting in

William MK2 Cosworth

you have to force it in cold, as after heating the pipe up it gets too soft. It is alot harder to press in cold, but use a small amount of "rotation" being carefull not to bend it. the plastic pipes are not suited for this job, due to temperature, but as used on trucks air lines they are capable of holding up to 12 bar easily

ajamesc

I work on trucks wear the hole braking and fuel system and air system is made up of plastic pipe like that going from 4mm too 12mm and the hot water trick works fine also if your very very carful you can soften it a little with a heat gun. Ive done both of these many times on the side of the road lol and it's been fine!
But really you need a tool like this to clamp round the pipe then knock the fitting in