Can you join copper/alloy pipes to flexy hoses with hose clips? Will they leak if i dont have rolled edges on the solid pipes.

Many thanks locosters.

Might not but I'd use two clips in reversed directions and torque them to FT to be sure...

solder on an olive seems to be a popular solution to this.

Easier with Cu than Al

Matt

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Originally posted by matt_gsxr
solder on an olive seems to be a popular solution to this.

Easier with Cu than Al

Matt

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Best bet a trip to Plumb Centre.

If none big enough, cut off 1/4" of pipe, cut lengthways, open slightly and solder that to water pipe.

Works for me

ATB

Simon

PTFE tape rolled around the end of the pipe has always worked for me.

I used a piece of electrical copper wire from 2.5 t+e and soldered round it. Then dressed ant sharp edges off. It's not roaded yet though so I hope it'll be ok. It certainly looks OK

If your using copper pipe, then you can get olives to fit all copper sizes, trouble is not all plumbing suppliers stock them in the bigger tube sizes. You will have to shop around. HTH Ray

Someone suggested something I'd not thought of just a couple of days ago: put a couple of rivets around the edge... then the clipped hose can't come off.

On my stainless pipes I welded a small 'blob' of weld on.

Alternatively, using a copper pipe with a York fitting on the end will give give you a nice 'lip'.

Hope that helps,
James

[Edited on 16/9/07 by James]

If you ca't get an olive, get a solder butt connector and cut it in half and solder it to the end of pipe.

That's what I did and no sign of seepage anywhere.

Pat...

Mine are just normal pipe, no fancy edges at all, just nice and smooth. Never fallen off as yet, and I've had the header tank blowing what it thought was excess out.

Same here I've used ally pipes which I cut myself and didn't bother with a bead in most of the joins.

Currently the system runs at about 3-5 PSI max as there's no water in it! I did previously use a water/glycol mix.

ok thanks for the replies guys. Will be off to the plumbing centre at the weekend to see what i can get.

Just plain pipe ends here, on polished stainless pipe.

Not just the locost either, done the same on the cooling circuit on the grasser, and a mate over the road is running 25 psi boost in his rwd kadett turbo on pipes done by my own fair hand and none of them has a retaining ring and none have blow off in a lot of road miles and numerous trips to santa pod etc