Foxtons billionaire sues garage re exploding Miura

[jammy_basturd]

roygarth said:

markymarkthree said:

tortop45 said:

My moneys on the fuel we use today,due to the ethonal which is in petrol today it eats rubber fuel lines ,all you classic car owners out there should no that and if not checked after a car has been standing for a while you could have a leak,and with an engine like that in the back which are prone to catching fire thats what happens.shame...............

Like what tortop45 says, check your pipes.
This fuel pipe was only 6 months old on my Cortina.

Yep, this happened in my 2CV.

Not sure I follow. Fair enough the fuel hose is being fitted to a classic, but if it was only 6 months old then surely it was a modern fuel hose built for modern fuel?!

[markymarkthree]

jammy_basturd said:

Not sure I follow. Fair enough the fuel hose is being fitted to a classic, but if it was only 6 months old then surely it was a modern fuel hose built for modern fuel?!

This did happen about 2 years ago when i was changing the carb.
I went to the local independant car spares place and bought some fuel hose off the shelf, it was probably hose that was fine a few years earlier but with the increase in god knows what in the fuel clearly no good any more and he probably shouldn't have stocked it.

[jammy_basturd]

I wonder if it's more of a case of cheap fuel hose being imported from countries where they don't have to worry about manufacturing it to a standard that can cope with the additives we have in fuel.

[robm3]

A 'Tax the Rich' got a bit of a scare huh?

Wonder if that'll turn up in a youtube...

[threespires]

Spitting back through the carbs set fire to the Muira owned by somebody in a well known Midlands band. Fortunately it was contained quickly and damage was minimal.