Flexible oil line with safety wire

[n07rosman]

Hello,

I had the B&C spin on oil filter adapter installed which requires a new flexible oil line.

The oil line was built with safety wire instead of the standard clamps. Is this ok? Does not look nearly as strong as the steel collars.

 

[supercrow]

Looks to me like the wire is just supporting the fire sleeve over the oil line. If that is the case, it should be fine.

 

[supercrow]

No issue to change to the clamps if you prefer that

 

[moneyburner]

These work well:



Band-It JS2539 - 1/4" wide by about .020" thick. There's a tool for installing them, but you can do it reasonably well with some duck-billed pliers for these small versions. Pull them tight and then bend them back over the opposite direction and squeeze. Hydraulic hose shops should have these. I've seen red high-temp RTV applied to the ends of the sleeves to keep them from unravelling.

 

[stewartb]

Fire sleeve isn’t bad idea but it isn’t required. You’re way ahead of the game with what you have. It isn’t going anywhere.