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By HT32BSX115 - 11 Years Ago
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Howdy Y'all!
Can anyone tell me if there's any reason why I cannot use -10 AN fittings and hose for plumbing a remote oil filter on my 292?
And for that matter, Since both the filter mount and adapter will be hard mounted to the engine (no relative movement) , why I couldn't use copper tubing...................
The hoses (or tubing) will be less than 1ft long.
Regards,
Rick
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By Glen Henderson - 11 Years Ago
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No reason at all that you can't install a remote filter with flex line, but I would not use copper. Vibrations over time will cause the copper to become hard and brittle and with the cost of copper now you are not looking at that much more expense. Plus the flex will be much easier to work with.
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By 2721955meteor - 11 Years Ago
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I see no reason not to have remote filter,but do not use push on fitings,go to a hyd hose suplyer and get a low presure swedged line made.high presure fitings are. to restricted . have witnessed many push on fitings leak and some even come off.
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By HT32BSX115 - 11 Years Ago
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Thanks for the info!
I wasn't considering push on hoses clamps etc anyway.
I started out with -12 AN fittings and hose but those fittings are just too big. Looks like -10 AN would be suitable but I was thinking about using either copper or aluminum tubing and (aircraft type) AN fittings.
Aluminum tubing and fittings are frequently used on aircraft engines where there is no relative motion and the tubing is well secured/supported from vibration. (there's typically FAR more vibration on an aircraft engine than any V-8!)
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