Hose- Which type for Dry sump

[tricky dicky]

Need your advice for my Pace system fitted to a K.

The oil hose runs from the scavenge pump and around the front mounted DS tank and then under the chassis rail to the housing. It has burst on 2 occasions at the filter end and I want to know the best spec hose to replace it with?

Regards

Rich

[DaveMorris]

Not teh owner of a K but a more humble x-flow.

Would recommend steel braided hose as none of mine have ever failed.

 

Dave

[stevefoster]

Oil grade hose.

Any Rally / Race factor will be able to help you.

 

Hants (North) and Berkshire Area club site here

My racing info site

here

 

 

 

[Casbar]

I have the Think braded hose, with ali fittings, as do a lot of the guys. Is this the type that's burst, if so, then I need to be worried!

 

If not, then go for that spec, speak to Mathew at Think and he will know the length etc of the hose required

[tricky dicky]

Thanks for the responses, the hose is not braided, but rubber covered with a reinforced inner core with fabric I'd guess like a larger bore heater hose!

Regards

Rich

[Tony C]

I used FC332 push-on hose and fittings from THINK.

 

Easy to make-up in situ and no problems in service.

 

Braided hose won't prevent bursting due to high oil pressure. Braided hose is to protect from external abrasion/damage and IMHO is APITA - wherever it touches it will wear-off the powder coat or damage metal parts.

 

Matthew at Think recommended the push-on hose and fittings. I made-up a test piece and there is no-way the hose will come loose from the fitting at the pressures we wil encounter 😬

 

BRG Brooklands SV 😬 It seems that perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

[DonkeyDave]

another recommendation for Thinks FC332 hose, its so easy to use

 

would not recommend braided hose - although its nice and shiny, its also heavy, unnecessary, difficult to use and I've had it wear through a copper brake pipe at Oulton - result brake pedal to floor as it squirted SRF over the engine bay

[Casbar]

That's funny, only fitted my dry sump system a couple of weeks ago, and Mathew at Think, told me not to use push on fittings, as they have had a couple of cases of the hose coming loose

 

That's why I went for the braided hoses as used in Mick Smith's original instructions

[stevefoster]

No way the hoses/fitting I used could come loose. Virtually impossible to get off if you wanted to with all force possible. Work loose, no way! Perhaps it depends on the fittings . Or did someone get the wrong size?

 

Hants (North) and Berkshire Area club site here

My racing info site

here

 

 

 

[Casbar]

Don't know, but wouldn't have minded using the push fit at all, as they were a 1/3 of the cost, but went on the Think recomendation

 

Suppose there is no chance of a refund

[oi oi]

i recently went to an industrial hose supplier for mine. rated to 200bar! and cost 50 quid for the entire set-up.