You're good @Erik the Awful, I understood what you were describing. I appreciate your insight and help!!I should clarify, I don't mean a full 360 degree loop. Just a C between the two fittings. That's the way it's done on turbine engines if the fittings are that close. You'd much rather have that hose crack than the aluminum fixture it's attached to. With that short of a hose, you're going to crack something expensive.