i was getting ready to drop the motor back in last night and noticed two metal hoses in the engine bay. there's a small one and a bigger one and the big one is cut in half. what are these lines?

 

You're kidding, right?

 

what?

 

Uh, there are a lot of "metal hoses" (also called tubes) in the engine compartment. Perhaps you can provide a photo that will let us provide a useful answer.

 

 

try posting the photo again. I don't know about everybody else but it doesn't show on my screen.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=engi...ml%3B680%3B480

 

Your "image" file is apparently a link to the Robert Powers Motorsports website. Again, can you post a photo of YOUR car and the specific tubes you are referring to.

 

I don't have one and im not in a position to take one right now

 

Kinda hard to help then, based on the limited info. Are you talking about the fuel lines on the passenger side frame rail, or something else?

 

Or maybe tranny cooling lines?

 

Unfortunately, the mind reading thing still isn't working.

 

it right under the oilpan iwere the motor mounts are welded onto

 

The line that goes under the engine ...motor mount side to motor mount side is your brake line.

 

Model and year of car????

If it is the brake lines he's talking about, this is the time to replace them while it's convenient. Nothing worse than pouring in brake fluid and watching it leak all over the frame and floor.....

 

Some hints that might help:
Location
exact sizes
what they ARE connected to

Maybe get into a position where you can share an actual photo, what with them trading at 1000 words and all.

 

Joe time to dust off your crystal ball

 

im not leaking brake fluid or anything and my brakes work perfectly fine

 

Steel line in engine compartment:

1. Brake lines
2. Auto Trans Lines
3. AC lines
4. Fuel Lines

It's one of those...

 

Then those are probably old lines that were left in place when replacements were run parallel. Go under and look at where they lead to.

 

okay thank you for the help

 

My money is on the transmission lines, I'm kinda clairvoyant..Still lost in the fifties ...Tedd

 

Except that the trans lines are the same size and the O.P. said this in his original post:


That leads me to say fuel line and vapor or return line.

 

dont even know what kind of vehicle it is....could be a sherman tank

 

Meh .. that hasn't stopped the rest of us speculating. So long as it's not a water buffalo, I think we're good.

 

Going off his screen name I'm going to say it's probably an 86 Odls.

 

right...screen names are always a dead giveaway

 

i spelled it wrong but it is and i traced the lines and i think its the smog controll lines