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OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE
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I would caution against using soft solder in this particular application. I had a soft soldered joint at the crankcase end of the oil gauge pipe come adrift during a long fast run in very hot weather in France some years ago resulting in the wife's feet being annointed with very hot engine oil. I re-soft soldered the joint only to have it fail again a couple of years later. Lead alloy solder has a melting point between 166° and 188°C depending on the alloy mix of Tin, Lead, and silver. I concluded that the engine oil temperature was reaching close enough to this point to weaken the joint.
     As already suggested I bought all new components from Paul Beck and silver soldered the pipe to fitting joints at both ends of the pipe - never had a problem since in the last seven years.
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OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Paul Nott - 09-06-2020, 09:03 AM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Parazine - 09-06-2020, 09:21 AM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by bob46320 - 09-06-2020, 09:35 AM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Chris KC - 09-06-2020, 10:53 AM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Paul Nott - 09-06-2020, 11:03 AM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by David Stepney - 09-06-2020, 11:40 AM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Mike Costigan - 09-06-2020, 01:19 PM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Stuart Giles - 09-06-2020, 01:39 PM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Nick Turley - 09-06-2020, 01:52 PM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Ian McGowan - 09-06-2020, 03:58 PM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Dave Wortley - 09-06-2020, 04:37 PM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Duncan Grimmond - 09-06-2020, 06:31 PM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by David Stepney - 09-06-2020, 07:40 PM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by dickie65 - 09-06-2020, 08:12 PM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Bob Culver - 09-06-2020, 08:38 PM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Parazine - 09-06-2020, 08:51 PM
RE: OIL GAUGE FEED PIPE - by Stuart Giles - 09-06-2020, 09:05 PM

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