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Originally Posted by Crumpp
Bad idea in an airplane....
I have experienced a cut oil return line (low pressure thankfully) and had a hole in the intake manifold cut by braided stainless steel lines.
I got rid of every one. Braided stainless steel and airplane engines do not mix very well.
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Nor Harleys!
Last year out for a ride I noticed my gas consumption radically increasing, plus my left leg suddenly feeling very cold. Pulled over and found 94 octane gas sprinkling down from under the gas tank and sizzling on the hot air-cooled V-Twin underneath. Fortunately closing the fuel petcock stopped the flow, but the nifty s/s braiding had worn through the fuel line it was covering leading to the carb. Loosened two hose clamps and one of my buds made a quick trip with the braided line to a nearby Canadian Tire for a plain rubber counterpart. The fix was quick, easy, and cheap in this case, but can't imagine the huge danger this would've been in an aircraft!
05-24-2012, 07:32 PM
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