Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing One shot oiler leaking

Having spent the morning driving around Newcastle looking for a new olive, I discovered that B&Q do then as small as 8mm, halfords had no idea, a visit to my local bike shop yielded a 5mm steel olive for a hydraulic brake system. but nothing smaller or in brass,

I have measured my pipe and its just shy of 5mm, I'm guessing it might be 3/16" in which case my local chandlers (not open today!) may be able to supply a barrel olive in this size.

Unfortunately, it looks as though I will have to take the train to work tomorrow!!

Hi Sawman, I live near Newcastle upon Tyne and have some 3/16" olives you are welcome to. 01912577214
Tony

This is not an automobile part. Halford's (or any automotive supplier) would be helpless. On the weekend,
your best bet would have been to contact a heating specialist on their emergency line.

You should also order the plug I suggested and get a compression fitting to splice a mid-line break. That
tube runs alongside the engine and when it gets loose, it often melts with the exhaust heat.

http://tinyurl.com/cv86azp

There is ONE foolproof way of keeping the system, (though I still cannot think of a good reason why you
would.) The plastic tube is doubly more dangerous than the earlier copper line was. It's advantage, of
course, was lower cost. However, copper corrodes, making an oil spill inevitable. With a copper line
emergency, you squeeze the line shut with pliars.

Your best course is to replace these tubes with braided Aeroquip fuel line. If you deal with a Morgan
supplier who sells Aeroquip to order, they will know exactly what you need and cut to size and put on the
right fittings.

Alec

I have just replaced the fuel filter on my CVh Inj.
The filter is located near the metal oil pipes that goes to the offside kingpin and was in fact touching it. Luckily there has been insufficient vibration to cause rubbing and damage to the pipe. On fitting the replacement filter I have made sure it is nowhere near the pipe. On getting a new filter from a local motorfactor I also had to get olives to fit it. The input pipe is 8mm dia and has a compression joint. I cut the old filter to remove the nut and used a new olive for the new filter. Now refitted and ok. I have used the oiler system but not very regularly. I have recently cleaned up the hubs due to oily build up from excess oil from this system. My kingpins are sound and I have not seen a replacement in the service history from 2 previous owners. Mileage is 33,000. The kingpins feel good when tested and steering is A1.
I must have a lucky good set!

As for the oiler manifold and pipes..... all looked good. As for replacing the high pressure plastic one with copper... best not to since copper pipes crack due to vibration/hardening. Brake pipe of suitable dia is needed - this is a copper-nickel alloy and crack resistant or it's other metal such as steel (best platic coated to prevent corrosion though). I haven't seen 6mm dia olives when i went to get my 8mm ones but if a bike shop does them them thats a useful tip!

Well, thats to Tony (TTC) above, I have sources an olive that seems to have done the trick, so I should be back on the road. I think the long game with this will be to decommission the oiler system, although the coupling which has caused me grief is the one running from the block towards the pressure gauge, so this will remain, wont it?

I'll have a chat with my local dealer regarding aeroquip hoses

You are not the first this has happened to. You could do what every manufacturer did when the
DVLA put their foot down. Install the electrical version of your oil pressure gauge. Looks identical.

The sender can thread at same outlet the tube comes from. Then you run a wire from the sender to
the new gauge. No oil lines.

Alec

Alec, is that sender connection on the three way block itself or, from the engine block next to the oil filter?

So I have just been researching the electrical gauges, there seem to be a few about, does anyone have any recommendations regarding fitting in a cvh 4/4?

Meabh, I think Alec is referring to the sender connection on the block, so that there is NO oil line from the engine. My oil line gave up he ghost as low speed at the bottom of my drive, covering the car and the drive in alot of oil, I wouldn't like that to happen at speed with a hot engine.

As a side issue, TTC who provided me with an olive has the remote greasing set up on his DHC, and it looks a very neat arrangement