So, one of my full flow lines popped off on the highway…

[D/A/N]

And I got the dreaded red oil light. One minute I was cruising in my bus with the family with oil pressure nicely better than 10psi per 1k rpm. Oil temp around 180*. I was feeling good about life. Then I felt a weird hiccup, and a few seconds later the light came on. Luckily, I was right near an exit ramp and I pulled into the the zebra striping. Light was on for all of 5 seconds if that. Oil all over the bus and the highway.

What hose? The blue Continental stuff.

https://vwparts.aircooled.net/Blue-Oil-Hose-1-2-ID-Push-Lock-Compatible-p/super-stock-oil-hose.htm

What connectors? Parker Push Lok.

The hose popped off one of the Push Lok fittings on my Mocal sandwich plate adapter which I installed about 30 miles of driving ago. Or maybe something hit the line. Either way, I lost all the oil out of my motor. Actually, after waiting on the side of the highway for 2 hrs for a tow truck that towed us less than 100 yards off the highway and told us we were on our own, there was a little bit on the end of the dipstick. Just a little bit.

And now for the question maybe no one can definitively answer: how fucked am I?

I mean I know no one’s going to say “good job, man. What a great way to speed up an oil change.” On the other hand, I didn’t overheat, I just drove a few seconds at highway speed with little to no oil. In the end, I got 4.5 quarts of oil (1.5 sump plus filter), a filter, and filled the motor back up and drove my sorry self back home. Wife and 2 year old got picked up by a friend, thankfully. No weird noises from the engine or the family. No issues, no nothing in the short 3 mile drive home.

What do I do now? Keep driving until I hear funny noises?
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[clonebug]

Drive it.....figure out why that hose popped off.
I've been using Push-Loc hose for 10 years and never had an issue. I replaced with new hose after 7 years because I was heading on a long trip and ...well....because I could and didn't want to have an issue. That hose is still on and working great.

I'm not sure why your hose popped off but that stuff is pretty reliable from what I have seen and experienced. Examine the hose carefully and see if you can spot anything.
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[Matthew]

It’ll probably be fine. Pull the sump plate and look for bits of metal. That shouldn’t happen if all of the hoses & fittings are compatible. Was the hose damaged?
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[busdaddy]

Sounds like you might have caught it in time, as already mentioned fix the leak and drive, any new noises?
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[Glenn]

[D/A/N]

Thanks for all the positive feedback. We’re headed on a trip in July so a baked engine is the last thing we want. There are no new noises, thankfully. The only lingering effect is the annoyance that I didn’t have enough spare oil in the bus to fully refill and that we had to wait so long for the tow.

And that two Vanagons passed us by. One was a Syncro that parks right in our neighborhood.

On the plus side, NYPD came and babysat us on the median. One of them was a Porsche guy. We talked air-cooled stuff until he realized he should put a flare in the road.

I’ll replace that length of hose from the sandwich plate adapter to the oil cooler and see what happens. There was no obvious damage to it. Even if it wasn’t on all the way I could see a leak but not popping off. I’m also considering clamps, even if they’re not strictly necessary.
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'69 Fuel Injected Squareback. "B" D-jet. 1600 with balanced rotating assembly and lightened flywheel. Full flow and external filter.

'70 Riviera. 1904cc w/ 40mm Dellortos, 019 distributor, Steve Tims “super stock” 37x32 heads, Web Cam 218, Vintage Speed SS143 Super Speed exhaust, 1 1/2” heater boxes

[RCP Phx]

Sounds like you caught it in time, "BUT" replace the lines with AN and never worry again!

[txoval]

Clamps actually reduce the pressure rating…

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[esde]

I've witnessed three pushlok related failures. Each one caused enough damage to warrant the "extra" cost of having real crimped ends installed.
Lots of people swear by it as a permanent installation, but I view it as a good temp fix.
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[modok]

I think it's no big deal. Relax
Don't know why that would fail either, but, in any case fix at least that one hose different this time just to be sure it doesn't do the same thing again.

[King_vw61]

spend the $$ for piece of mind, AN fittings are 10 to 20 each and the line is 10$ per foot for -8 teflon steel braided with a cover on it, have the hose company crimp them or build your own.. Worth every penny even at 2x the cost.

Anything can fail, but using lines that airplanes use is safer than using pushlock or barb fittings and clamps.
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[richparker]

Is this that new stroker engine you put in the Rivi???
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You need to hook up with Glen on LI. I enjoy giving his road biking ass shit, but he knows his stuff and is way closer to you then Skills in Connecticut.

On a side note, I run all Parker hoses and fittings on my engines for eva with no issues. Probably just a fluke.

Best of luck,
Rich P
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[Chickensoup]

Stop playing around. This is about all i will use.

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[challomoner]

I had the same thing happen a few weeks back, push lok hose blew off the oil pump outlet. Caught it within seconds and shut it down. I've replaced the lines and fittings with AN type to make sure it never happens again. Doesn't appear to have damaged the engine thankfully.

[jimmyhoffa]

[txoval]

Good information and testing. Most would just put a normal hose clamp on

The manufacturer states the pressure reduction, which is why I mentioned it

[Glenn]

[Chickensoup]

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