75 Mariner 1991 oil pipes broken!

jezza2011 · 15 August 2011, 14:30

Hi Experts,
well after 20 years of use, my oil pipes have become brittle and dumped at least 1 ltr of out board oil onto my drive and all over the outbord.

I have replaced the offending pipes from clear plasitc ones to the only pipe of the same diameter i could get , car fuel line.

will this be ok as its for oil?

I expect it will but would value some advice.

Jizm · 15 August 2011, 15:10

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Originally Posted by jezza2011

Hi Experts,
well after 20 years of use, my oil pipes have become brittle and dumped at least 1 ltr of out board oil onto my drive and all over the outbord.

I have replaced the offending pipes from clear plasitc ones to the only pipe of the same diameter i could get , car fuel line.

will this be ok as its for oil?

I expect it will but would value some advice.

I suspect it will be fine, just check it periodically.

uncle al · 15 August 2011, 16:25

it will probally be ok, BUT make sure there is no air bubbles in the oil pipe from the oil pump to the petrol pipe.
regards
alan

jezza2011 · 15 August 2011, 20:34

Cheers Guys. Yep bled the oil pump so should be good to go. Will start her up and make sure all is well.

I do tend to make sure there is a little oil in the petrol tank anyways as seen tooo many engines die.

Festinghouse · 15 August 2011, 23:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by jezza2011

Hi Experts,
well after 20 years of use, my oil pipes have become brittle and dumped at least 1 ltr of out board oil onto my drive and all over the outbord.

I have replaced the offending pipes from clear plasitc ones to the only pipe of the same diameter i could get , car fuel line.

will this be ok as its for oil?

I expect it will but would value some advice.

i had the same problem, replaced with clear plastic pipe from b&q. fuel line should be fine though clear means you can see that there is oil in there.