SPRAYED 01

iTrader: (22)

So I'm having a hard time sourcing some good 1/2 inch oil return hose. I've tried a couple differant ones from home depot type places. They get really hard after a couple thousands miles and I'm afraid on a long trip it might crack and leak.

I'm in chicago so local would be great but I have no issue with ordering.

Alex

smokinHawk

iTrader: (48)

i used braided fuel hose, that seemed to work well.

02blackbeauty19

iTrader: (22)

If you want piece of mind, get some braided PTFE hose and sleeve it with some fiberglass/silicone heat sleeve. That's what I've done with most of my lines that are the most susceptible to heat.

stevieturbo

Post a pic of your setup.

Good quality oil hose should be fine unless routing is incredibly bad. And if routing is incredibly bad, make a steel return until it is safely clear of extreme heat

SirNemesis

This is what I do and haven't had any trouble. I did manage to melt a standard rubber braided line without a heat sleeve but I don't have a very good path for the drain.

ss1

iTrader: (32)

Probably braided stainless teflon hose would have the highest temp rating as already mentioned. The other type of sleeve you could use to cover it is the aluminized fiberglass cloth. I used it to cover the heater hose and AC lines on my Impala SS when I put headers on it a few years ago.