But are they rated for the heat?  That's why I spent the $14 for my
stainless steel braided hose with the teflon lined hose inside.  And
swedge-mated connectors on both ends.  I burned up a freshly overhauled
bewetle engine in my youth due to a mechanical oil line failing to the
gauge.  Never Again!!

Max

At 08:12 PM 5/16/2005, Stan Wilder wrote:
>I've been using standard grease gun flexible hoses for the last 10 years at
>about $1.99 for the 10-12" variety.
>I guess you could pay more if you ever imagined that you were going to get
>over 2000 psi in oil pressure. The grease gun hoses are rated in the 2000
>pound range.
>
>Stan Wilder
>Engine Ceramics
>214-352-4931
>www.engineceramics.com
>----- Original Message -----
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>Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 7:20 PM
>Subject: VDO oil sender extension hose
>
>
> > For those that have been trying to get around placing the VDO dual output
> > pressure senders on the aircooled or even the waterboxer engines.
> >
> > http://tactical-bus.info/oilextend.html
> >
> > jimt
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