Speed 6 oil pipe crisis - long shot
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Hi,
I´m sure I know the answer to this but does anyone know a way I might get hold of an OS engine oil pipe for a speed 6 motor in a Tuscan today/tomorrow? It´s the one that runs from the block to the oil tank on the drivers side. I´d be happy to travel to not have to wait until middle of the week with mail order.
We were on the way to France today but it´s started leaking so had to head home again. Am more than a bit gutted and trying to work out how we can re-schedule everything.
I´m sure I know the answer to this but does anyone know a way I might get hold of an OS engine oil pipe for a speed 6 motor in a Tuscan today/tomorrow? It´s the one that runs from the block to the oil tank on the drivers side. I´d be happy to travel to not have to wait until middle of the week with mail order.
We were on the way to France today but it´s started leaking so had to head home again. Am more than a bit gutted and trying to work out how we can re-schedule everything.
http://www.pirtek.co.uk/ is the place, they do a 24hr service to most places but you will be paying more for that service. Don't think they will fit them but not sure on that.
Is it the big flexible pipe that you are reffering to?
I changed mine, it was a pig to get back in, and when I had finished the job it turned out to be the oil pressure sender dripping onto the pipe!! Advise you check this first.
I still have the original somewhere if you want it you can have it, we're not too far away.
I changed mine, it was a pig to get back in, and when I had finished the job it turned out to be the oil pressure sender dripping onto the pipe!! Advise you check this first.
I still have the original somewhere if you want it you can have it, we're not too far away.
Edited by willyworm on Monday 10th August 18:25
Thanks for the help. I got one made up at Pirtek in Leeds in the end, as I could get it done first thing yesterday. It was a bit of a premium over the dealer supply cost, but saved me waiting another day for delivery or driving miles to pick it up.
The reason the old one failed was that it had been fitted to the block at such an angle that it was hitting the chassis rail when the engine moved. I suspect this was done earlier this year following the fire repairs. The contact had worn a hole through the outer flexible pipe and been pushing on the metal sleeve of the joint, opening it up and causing the leak. I´m therefore a bit annoyed about losing the 2 days of the trip and having to pay for another pipe, but not much I can do now.
Having fitted the new pipe by lunch time yesterday, we were able to re-arrange ferries and get down to Newhaven, so am now sitting in a hotel in Bordeaux on the way to San Sebastian tomorrow.
The reason the old one failed was that it had been fitted to the block at such an angle that it was hitting the chassis rail when the engine moved. I suspect this was done earlier this year following the fire repairs. The contact had worn a hole through the outer flexible pipe and been pushing on the metal sleeve of the joint, opening it up and causing the leak. I´m therefore a bit annoyed about losing the 2 days of the trip and having to pay for another pipe, but not much I can do now.
Having fitted the new pipe by lunch time yesterday, we were able to re-arrange ferries and get down to Newhaven, so am now sitting in a hotel in Bordeaux on the way to San Sebastian tomorrow.
willyworm said:
Is it the big flexible pipe that you are reffering to?
I changed mine, it was a pig to get back in, and when I had finished the job it turned out to be the oil pressure sender dripping onto the pipe!! Advise you check this first.
I still have the original somewhere if you want it you can have it, we're not too far away.
Thanks for the offer but if it´s from the tam then it´s a different pipe anyway. Early Tuscans use a smaller bore one.I changed mine, it was a pig to get back in, and when I had finished the job it turned out to be the oil pressure sender dripping onto the pipe!! Advise you check this first.
I still have the original somewhere if you want it you can have it, we're not too far away.
Basil Brush said:
Thanks for the help. I got one made up at Pirtek in Leeds in the end, as I could get it done first thing yesterday. It was a bit of a premium over the dealer supply cost, but saved me waiting another day for delivery or driving miles to pick it up.
The reason the old one failed was that it had been fitted to the block at such an angle that it was hitting the chassis rail when the engine moved. I suspect this was done earlier this year following the fire repairs. The contact had worn a hole through the outer flexible pipe and been pushing on the metal sleeve of the joint, opening it up and causing the leak. I´m therefore a bit annoyed about losing the 2 days of the trip and having to pay for another pipe, but not much I can do now.
Having fitted the new pipe by lunch time yesterday, we were able to re-arrange ferries and get down to Newhaven, so am now sitting in a hotel in Bordeaux on the way to San Sebastian tomorrow.
Good luck with your trip, have fun The reason the old one failed was that it had been fitted to the block at such an angle that it was hitting the chassis rail when the engine moved. I suspect this was done earlier this year following the fire repairs. The contact had worn a hole through the outer flexible pipe and been pushing on the metal sleeve of the joint, opening it up and causing the leak. I´m therefore a bit annoyed about losing the 2 days of the trip and having to pay for another pipe, but not much I can do now.
Having fitted the new pipe by lunch time yesterday, we were able to re-arrange ferries and get down to Newhaven, so am now sitting in a hotel in Bordeaux on the way to San Sebastian tomorrow.
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