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Inoperative Oil Pressure Gauge

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JGRacing:
If you switch to a mechanical gauge, make sure to use the braded steel line and not the copper line.   I had the copper line break on a street stock and it sprayed oil right onto the headers.  Somehow it just smoked really bad and didn't catch fire.  If the braided line fails, it will only be a small leak and not anything dramatic. 

CC57:

--- Quote from: qweedqwag on October 01, 2007, 07:07:58 pm ---The only thing that scares me is if the pressure line ever lets go mmmm hot oil.
Mike

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Granted, the electrical gauge is safer (possibly the reason 600 Racing put them in the cars?). But every racecar I've had before had a pressure line (tied into the block of the 350). Never experienced a problem, nor did I ever overhear of someone else experienceing a problem.

Now my fuel pressure guage, that's another story. I had the protective bladder(?) in the line to prevent the possibility of the line breaking and spraying fuel all over the cockpit. 

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