How much is to much?

[Tom Baker]

The Band-it clamp had constricted the ID of the oil line from 1/2" down to 5/16". I found the constricted line, and the Band-it shown is from another end, but it was also constricted.

[Anticept]

Gotta love it.

At your recommendations elsewhere, I started using oetiker stepless ear clamps recently and have pretty much stopped using band-its altogether. There might be a couple areas where I still need em, but oetikers everywhere else.

Big added benefit is that unless you really shoehorn one on, oetikers are difficult to overdo the clamping.

[Tom Baker]

I use Oetiker for all the hoses, but use Band-its for all the firesleeve firewall forward. 

[Jacques]

7 hours ago, Tom Baker said:

I use Oetiker for all the hoses, .......

even on coolant hoses Tom ?

[Madhatter]

I have no issue with band it clamps. It's like anything else, you just have to know when to stop.

[Tom Baker]

2 hours ago, Jacques said:

even on coolant hoses Tom ?

No, just fuel and oil, except the coolant line to the overflow bottle. It's all the hoses that have firesleeve slid over them.

[Tom Baker]

Here is how I like to do the oil hose ends.