T350 oil tank & inlet line repair
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:17 pm
Problem is with a 71 T350R, which has a plastic oil tank.
Was having trouble with air in the oil lines. Noticed air in the line where it connects to the oil tank.
Disconnected oil line at oil pump & it took something like 2 hours to drain 2/3 full oil tank.
Flushed tank with alcohol & there is some black crud in the bottom of the tank.
So it looks like the tank was draining too slowly & air was being sucked it where the oil line connects to the tank.
Question: how should I flush out the tank to get the crud out?
The inlet oil line is made in two parts: a rigid section near the pump & flexible part near the tank.
I separated the two sections without damaging the rigid section.
It now looks like this: Question: what should I use to replace the flexible line?
Also, some of the crud from the tank might be in the oil pump. So I'm going to disassemble & clean up the oil pump.
Was having trouble with air in the oil lines. Noticed air in the line where it connects to the oil tank.
Disconnected oil line at oil pump & it took something like 2 hours to drain 2/3 full oil tank.
Flushed tank with alcohol & there is some black crud in the bottom of the tank.
So it looks like the tank was draining too slowly & air was being sucked it where the oil line connects to the tank.
Question: how should I flush out the tank to get the crud out?
The inlet oil line is made in two parts: a rigid section near the pump & flexible part near the tank.
I separated the two sections without damaging the rigid section.
It now looks like this: Question: what should I use to replace the flexible line?
Also, some of the crud from the tank might be in the oil pump. So I'm going to disassemble & clean up the oil pump.