Guinness
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Now the fuel hose has perished!
Got the K-seal in the cooling system, parked the car up outside, on tickover to warm it up and took a look underneath.
Drip, drip, drip. Quick smell of the liquid and I realised it's the stuff that costs £1.00 per litre.
Took the transmission tunnel cover off and the front 1m section of fuel hose is leaking. Worse than that so are the contacts on the back of my FIA
switch! Gulp.
Been round to the factors and got a new length of fuel hose. Seems OK now.
Anyone using the fuel hose with the cotton overbraid from Halfords, check yours out!
Mike
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koiking125
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 02:39 PM |
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Not having much luck at the moment are you!!!
Replaced all my fuel line with cotton overbraided hose from Demon Tweeks over winter, looks better but will keep an eye on it.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 03:00 PM |
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Just done mine with goodyear rubber as its stamped for fuel use.
Whats the life of fuel hose ?
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 03:03 PM |
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Two or three years, in my case!
 
Rescued attachment fuel-pipe.jpg
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 03:36 PM |
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WOW 
Thats fecked
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 03:44 PM |
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Thats why it's not a good idea to use rubber fuel hose down the tunnel.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 05:01 PM |
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on mainstream cars the hose should last the life of the car....looks like someone is selling dodgy stuff
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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greggors84
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 05:04 PM |
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Had to replaced some of mine too. Just seems to go hard then perish and leak.
Luckily I used 8mm copper microbore for most. Just small lengths to the tank and carbs.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 05:06 PM |
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Have had to replace mainstream car fuel hoses plenty of times
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 08:11 PM |
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This just goes to reinforce the argument the SVA have of insisting the fuel hose is corectly marked as to it's purpose.... leaded, unleaded,
injection, normaly aspirated,
forget which one it is but there are chemicals in one type of fuel that will rot the pipe of the wrong type
tony
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Worzey
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 08:26 PM |
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I also had to replace mine a few weeks ago due to a small leak.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 08:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mad-butcher
This just goes to reinforce the argument the SVA have of insisting the fuel hose is corectly marked as to it's purpose.... leaded, unleaded,
injection, normaly aspirated,
forget which one it is but there are chemicals in one type of fuel that will rot the pipe of the wrong type
tony
I think that's what did my original pipe in - I reckon that it was general-purpose old stock from the motor factors that wasn't up to the
unleaded standard. There are some nasty chemicals in modern fuel, including benzine!
It's actually quite hard to find a length of fuel hose properly marked for unleaded - unless you know the exact standards codes.
[Edited on 11/4/09 by David Jenkins]
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flak monkey
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 08:43 PM |
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Codan fuel hose, which most motorfactors stock is correctly marked for unleaded and is rated up to about 12 bar IIRC.
I used that on mine and it seems to have been ok so far. I always have some spare in the boot though just incase, and its all somewhere pretty easily
accessible.
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Guinness
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 08:46 PM |
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My original fuel hose was from Halfords, marked as fuel hose, in a lovely package that couldn't be mistaken for anything else other than fuel
hose. It even had markings on the pipe saying it was fuel hose.
It passed SVA with this fuel hose fitted.
Now 3 years later it has perished. Either it isn't suitable for purpose, or it has a limited lifespan.
I have replaced it with a length of fuel injection compatible hose from my local factors. We'll see how long this stuff lasts, but fuel hose
inspection will now be added to my list of pre-flight checks!
cheers
Mike
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iank
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 09:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
It's actually quite hard to find a length of fuel hose properly marked for unleaded - unless you know the exact standards codes.
BS EN 228:2004 or the more recent BS EN 228:2008
Automotive fuels.Unleaded petrol.Requirements and test methods
Is one of the bits of numbering it should have. Guess there will be an equivalent US standard which would also be suitable assuming their unleaded is
the same formulation as Europe's.
Presumably there should be a suitable OEM part for some car which is correctly marked, a suitable length and not unreasonably expensive.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 11/4/09 at 11:54 PM |
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Rubber fuel hose? Shouldn't they be some sort of unperishable metal?
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 12/4/09 at 08:05 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Rubber fuel hose? Shouldn't they be some sort of unperishable metal?
A hose normally means that it is flexible whereas a pipe is rigid. I have never seen a metal hose!
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 12/4/09 at 06:59 PM |
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Pipe, hose, either way didn't think fuel lines would be made of rubber
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iank
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| posted on 13/4/09 at 09:04 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Pipe, hose, either way didn't think fuel lines would be made of rubber
How would you get the petrol to the engine (and from the tank) using a solid line? Vibration would cause it to fracture in 10mins flat.
Now the main run down the middle of the car is probably best done in metal, but you do need something flexible at the ends.
This is the same for tin-tops etc as well.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 07:22 AM |
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Now that you mention it I remember a rubber fuel line on my escort chucking petrol all over the nice hot engine... Cost £90 to get from Buckingham to
Warrington, and that's 1998 price too!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 02:08 PM |
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It's not rubber as in the stuff made from latex, it will be a synthetic nitrile material.
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