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copper pipe
cd.thomson - 13/9/09 at 04:14 PM

unbendable! I now have 25m of kinked pipe.

Can I get plastic fuel pipe? My dad reckons that will take longer to fail than rubber?


David Jenkins - 13/9/09 at 04:33 PM

Did you use a proper bender?

Like this one?

[Edited on 13/9/09 by David Jenkins]


cd.thomson - 13/9/09 at 04:35 PM

my hands and a socket dont look like that unfortunately

can that do 90 degree and greater bends?


David Jenkins - 13/9/09 at 04:35 PM

Up to 90 degrees and a little bit more.


cd.thomson - 13/9/09 at 04:38 PM

thanks david, I'm guessing £20 would be cheaper than buying 5-6m of properly specced rubber pipe?


David Jenkins - 13/9/09 at 04:54 PM

It seems that the sort of rubber tube we can buy doesn't have a long life...


rusty nuts - 14/9/09 at 08:09 PM

Have found automotive copper pipe or better still Kunifer doesn't tend to kink so easily. Still better to use a bender though