have done a bunch of those
get a new pipe. Almost impossible to straighten it. The tube itself is bent, something probably grabbed it and bent it. Getting it back to the perfectly correct shape is imperative for it to seal properly and getting it TO that shape isn't gonna be easy. I suppose if you have a lot of time on your hands it could be done. That's one of those situations where a customer would tell us "my gosh I could bend/straighten that thing in 15 minutes and put it back on and it'd be fine, why are you charging me an hour's labor at $150/hr to do a 15 minute job???" Because I've tried, and if you want me to try I will, but it will still be $150/hr and if it takes me 3 hours to straighten the pipe so that it will seal perfectly, it'll be $450 plus taxes fluids and fees. Or you can buy the pipe for $90 and I put it on for $150 plus fluids, and we'll be done. I had a guy tell me this about a battery. Said "I want you to put a new battery on while I wait"....(Kawasaki, NOT easy to get to on that particular unit). I said, leave it with me and I'll knock it out before lunch. Guy says no, I want it done NOW, it only takes maybe 10 minutes. Well, I probably made a mistake when I told him if it was that easy, just go buy a battery and put it on yourself. I can't recall ever seeing him back at that place again, and frankly I don't blame him. I don't do well with people who refuse to understand.