High Pressure Hydraulic Hose

[Steve Mills]

What he said. Don't run the car with it hose clamped- take it back off and
take it to a hydraulic hose rebuilding shop, or ship it to Spokane House of
Hose.

You're risking a $3-500 PS pump by trying to save ~$100 for a proper hose
repair- the pumps don't last long if they're run dry.

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> Somehow I doubt a single hose clamp is going to be sufficient to replace
> what was a very high pressure swaged fitting.  Be careful.
>
> On 9/25/2010 10:20 PM, Max Hoepli wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> >
> > I just changed my low pressure hose, the hose from reservoir to pump
> using a
> > "Dayco Abrasion King PUSH-ON 710-50 /8<15.5>  3000PSI MAX WP MSHA
> IC-123/10
> > MADE IN USA 010808C". I just arrived home after having driven 170km and
> the
> > end of the high pressure hose that pumps to the rack at the pump end came
> > off. Oil squirted onto driveway. It is a banjo fitting to pump. The hose
> is
> > around a 8mm inner metal tube; and around the hose end a 20mm outer metal
> > tube. I cut off the 20mm end and am going to use a hose clamp around the
> > hose and inner tube. I think if I use a 6mm wide hose clamp to bind end
> of
> > hose to banjo ending should suffice. The hose looks in good shape.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Patient:  1986 type 44 Turbo Quattro, 310,000km
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Max
> >
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