Barbed fittings: Good or bad?

toolmanmike said
And let's talk about hose clamps a bit. The quality has gone downhill since most are made overseas now. Ideal brand seem to still be good. I like the full circle type clamps for smaller diameter hose like the ones pictured. I use standard worm style or the factory flat band clamps on my daily drivers and Corbin clamps on my old Mopars for the coolant just because they are correct. They will seep occasionally though.

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I prefer, where possible, to use those FI type hose clamps, for fuel and oil hose applications because they are less likely to cut into the hose like the worm drive clamps, especially if they are overtightened.