How To Make a Temporary High Pressure Hose Patch in Ten Minutes for $2

[sparkey]

I bought some fittings that make a permanent repair in seconds on high pressure hose. Just cut the hose were it is leaking and slide a tapered metal coupler inside the hose. It comes with 2 parts that slide over the hose first and then tighten around the hose and coupler with a wrench. I keep a few of these on hand.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[mjwalsh]

https://www.menards.com/main/search.html?sf_categoryHierarchy=&search=hose+repair+clamp

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Robert,

It appears that the range for the Menards approach is 1/2" to 1".

On the self service side most of us use 3/8" or even the smaller 1/4" hose. Will the 1/2" still work from your experience on the smaller diameter hoses. In other words a workaround???

 

[Robert2181]

Yes. I have doubled up on a piece of rubber.

 

[OurTown]

I just tried this on a 1" hose but I could not get it to work. It is in a bend so maybe that is the issue. Also, the hose is the type that has that coarse outer covering that somewhat resembles a wrap. I tried it a second time with 4 wraps of F-4 Tape before wrapping the aluminum. It worked perfect for about five seconds and then blew out everywhere. We are only running 700 PSI. Is there something else I can try?

 

[washnshine]

Keep this on hand:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Christy-s-2-in-x-100-ft-Plumber-s-Tape/3433996?store=1882&cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-plb-_-ggl-_-PMAX_PLB_000_Priority_Item_Omni-_-3433996-_-local-_-22871716687-_-&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23536707241&gbraid=0AAAAAD2B2W_7MiHRgPLBV54_y9YGhd2io&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_4_80P6plQMVIjMIBR1LVzBBEAQYASACEgL26_D_BwE

Many different brands are available and you can get varying widths. Clamp over the tape if you want extra reinforcement.

 

[Greg Pack]

I just tried this on a 1" hose but I could not get it to work. It is in a bend so maybe that is the issue. Also, the hose is the type that has that coarse outer covering that somewhat resembles a wrap. I tried it a second time with 4 wraps of F-4 Tape before wrapping the aluminum. It worked perfect for about five seconds and then blew out everywhere. We are only running 700 PSI. Is there something else I can try?

Oh wow, a 15 year old post coming back! Yeah it's not a perfect solution but I can usually get a leak slowed down enough to keep something going, with minimal psi ~(100-200) loss. I bought a hose press 10 years ago but still occasionally use this. A bend in the hose is much trickier, and the outer covering being smooth rubber is part of what seals it. I'd be tempted to try splitting a piece of rubber hose and placing around the aluminum wrap and then clamping all that together but have no idea if that would work.. Wish you had better luck.

 

[Randy]

I just tried this on a 1" hose but I could not get it to work. It is in a bend so maybe that is the issue. Also, the hose is the type that has that coarse outer covering that somewhat resembles a wrap. I tried it a second time with 4 wraps of F-4 Tape before wrapping the aluminum. It worked perfect for about five seconds and then blew out everywhere. We are only running 700 PSI. Is there something else I can try?

Replace the hose!

 

[Jason727]

I don't use it often but it has gotten me out of a pinch many times. As long as the hose isn't bending in a radius and you can get a good wrap around the injury it works. It will not always stop leaking 100% but slow it enough to keep the pressure up until the proper hose can be installed. I normally use it on large diameter hose (1/2"-1") on IBAs and will work in that application just fine for weeks or months. I had a friend that patched on that way and he said he completely forgot about it until many Months later when he was working on something and saw it again.

We always call that a temporary permanent.

 

[Greg Pack]

Replace the hose!

I agree Randy. but when you got a machine down, no hose shop is open,AND you don't have your own press it's worth trying.

I've now got 5K worth of press, dies, hose, and fittings on the shelf and still occasionally do this when in a pinch.

 

[Keno]

We try to keep reusable fittings/repair kits in stock for all of our hose sizes like what soapy pictured earlier. Its cheap insurance to keep on the shelf, and is usually a permanent repair unless its a high flex hose in the auto energy chains, then we will still replace as soon as we can.

 

[OurTown]

Replace the hose!

It blew on Saturday afternoon and I'm embarrassed that I didn't have a spare. The only place I found was a mobile shop that would have came out to make me one. He couldn't give me a firm price on the phone but after pushing him a bit he said about $450 for a 3' long 1" hose. I reached out to someone on Sunday morning that runs a bunch of Autec machines and he had one for me.

 

[Randy]

It blew on Saturday afternoon and I'm embarrassed that I didn't have a spare. The only place I found was a mobile shop that would have came out to make me one. He couldn't give me a firm price on the phone but after pushing him a bit he said about $450 for a 3' long 1" hose. I reached out to someone on Sunday morning that runs a bunch of Autec machines and he had one for me.

We keep at least one hose for every hose that we have on the equipment we operate. There's been to many times that we've got caught with our pants down and needed a hose at 9pm on a Saturday night. Some of the larger NAPA auto parts stores can build a hose for you.