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Offline Frog

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Re: Air line exploded?
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2018, 01:30:57 PM »
You guys have some great Auto parts stores and Home depots, cause here in my area of Alabama they don't carry none of that stuff, I've looked many times before :(

I find that incredibly hard to believe, as their use in automobiles has been common for years and years, with the addition of more vacuum lines. (Remember that rough idle due to a leak?) The "T" versions are also common in windshield wiper line circuits.
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Offline Zelko-4-EVA

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Re: Air line exploded?
« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2018, 03:29:06 PM »
can you replace the lines with a higher temp line?  I am sure mcmaster has stuff for this.

I looked at the freelin-wade website and it shows that as the temperature rises (150f on their chart) the max PSI goes down.  i didnt see any polyethylene tubing on their chart that could resist 100 psi at high temp

 https://www.freelin-wade.com/documents/Polyethylene-Liquiflex-POE.pdf

legris has some high temp tubing (available in metric size at first glance) that lists a high temp of 100c

they do exist, but insulating against the heat / using a better quality tubing might be a cheaper option