I am running a bob's angels which might be the issue.
There is no crash in game, however each time I send a fluid down to the pipe-layer the fluid fills the pipe on the surface but does not "enter" the pipe-layer (I cannot see the icon of the fluid on the pipe-layer).
After which putting a back to overland pipe appears to not connect no matter how many times I flip the input - output setting.
Might be my mod list or stupidity but it was working as far as I could tell back in the 18.27 ish days.