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Reply to "Oil cooler lines"

If you truly want trouble free oil lines, go with teflon lined stainless hoses (with swedged ends) as Greg suggested and you'll never have to worry about the rubber lines collapsing (yes, even the rubber lined stainless hoses occasionally fail) or ends coming off.Teflon, being slipperier than rubber, will promote more flow. The 1 caveat about teflon hoses- you can't bend them as much as you can the rubber stainless hoses so that may mean more planning with fittings. And yeah, they're more expensive, but you get what you pay for.

I've heard of guys using hydraulic lines from industrial or farm equipment supply places (I'm told they are substantially cheaper), but you have to be careful, as a lot of hydraulic fittings are very restrictive. Hydraulic systems are designed to deliver uniform pressure throughout, whereas automotive oil systems need high volume flow. I'm told some automotive fittings are a little chunky and could benefit from a little dremel work inside.

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