Hydraulic steering Nylon or stainless steel hose?

[Very Annoyed]

I'm installing vetus hydraulic steering on my 27ft fishing boat and am wondering should I use nylon hose for the run or whether this will cause "mush" in the steering? It's only a short run about 5meters, Hose for my installation is 6 x 10mm. Any suggestions?? Vetus do a kit which includes nylon pipe and recommend the nylon has anybody had experience with using the nylon on short runs such as I'm doing??

 

[PCUK]

No problem.

 

[tico]

No prob, but make sure you use the correct fittings.... I tried with standard compression fittings/olives but they would not hold...... once I used special olives for nylon hose then all was fine.

 

[aquapower]

I used copper pipes with short flexible hoses at ram, talk to Hypro Marine as they supplied them. From experience nylon pipe can be affected by heat, for a 5 metre run its not expensive to use copper or a purpose made hydraulic hose.