Re: Homemade oil lines-PowerGrip hose clamps

Posted by MarkPBG on Jul 26, 2012; 2:31am
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Worm drive clamps are only good to about 40 lbs of pressure, so any more line pressure than that will definitely squeeze by. (Hard to believe something that only gets torqued to 30-35 inch pounds can hold that much pressure.) There are other brands of worm drive clamps rated at 75 lbs, and 100 lbs, though I no longer have the links. Get some T-Bolt spring clamps (they look like the worm drive clamps, but with a different screw) which I've seen most able to hold 100 lbs of line pressure (torque varies from 50-80 inch pounds on these) Something like this....T-Bolt Hose Clamp- High Pressure

They're used in hydraulic hoses and fuel injection applications, so they should hold your oil line if you need a quick but ugly solution.