[EFI] Re: Oh-no. Compression fittings again. Was re: Which fuel

Shannen Durphey shannen at grolen.com
Tue Feb 19 20:50:03 GMT 2002


Compression ferrules loosen, wear out line, slip off, cause stress area where
line can break.  There are definitely good n bad (as in fittings) here, and
right and wrong places to use 'em (yes, absolutely right n wrong).

I would consider inverted flare unions for pressure lines.
Shannen

Daniel Houlton wrote:
> 
>
> I missed the beginning of this.  What's wrong with compression
> fittings?  Do they loosen over time?  I don't have them on a
> fuel line, but I do have one on the oil pressure line to my
> turbo.  Should this be replaced with something else?
> 
> thanks
> --Dan
>

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