[V8] Drippy oil pressure lines
Coleman, David
David.Coleman at blackrock.com
Fri Aug 19 16:54:21 EDT 2005
I too pick up various-sized marine hoseclamps when I'm at Western Marine
or Boat USA. Good stuff.
(Another redundant comment by DaveC.)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Kneale Brownson
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 4:49 PM
> To: dsaad at icehouse.net; v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] Drippy oil pressure lines
>
> At 01:03 PM 8/19/2005 -0600, dsaad at icehouse.net wrote:
>
> >
> >And on those OEM hose clamps -
> >they can be a real PITA to get on right. I really believe they are a
> >better clamp than a generic hose clamp because they don't damage the
> >hose at all, but the screw part gets bound up with age. Put a little
> >WD-40 or something on the screw before you install and you
> have a much
> >better chance of getting it properly tightened.
>
>
> The screw part corrodes because it's plain steel. I replace
> every Audi hose clamp I take off with an all-stainless marine
> hose clamp (same nonperforated strap that doesn't cut into
> hoses). I pay through the nose for them at West Marine's
> local outlet, but at least I can go there and get a clamp right now.
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