Replacement fuel line
Replacement fuel line
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dswiscrazy

Original Poster:

278 posts

166 months

Saturday 7th December 2013
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Does anyone know where you can get steel braided replacement fuel line.
with a 7 mm ID Please.

buba

192 posts

277 months

Sunday 8th December 2013
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i currently have stripped all the fuel lines out of my car and was looking at replacing with goodridge but i dont think they have that size pipe. I have been talking to Sam at Cam autosport and he has sent my one of their catologues to look through.I'm hoping to get this sorted out this week so will keep you informed, mines a 97 4.2 by the way.

gruffalo

8,100 posts

250 months

Sunday 8th December 2013
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Why braided, surely if braided you will not be able to see when it starts to perish.

A friend had it on a Lotus, first thing we knew of the fuel line being perished was the smell of fuel and on inspection the fine spay coming through the braiding.

carsy

3,019 posts

189 months

Sunday 8th December 2013
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The spec you want is J30 R9. This is the latest hose to withstand modern fuel blends with ethanol. Gates barricade is apparently as good as it gets. As already said, dont go for braided as you cant see when it begins to crack fail.

http://www.flexiducting.co.uk/automotive_hoses_26....

Flatplane8

1,593 posts

286 months

Tuesday 10th December 2013
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Is the internal diameter 8mm?

buba

192 posts

277 months

Wednesday 11th December 2013
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Goodridge make a hose (200 series) with 6.25mm id and the next size up is 8.73 id. I've ordered samples of these to see which one if any will fit, these are for the return lines, carbon canister and the fuel cooler.
I'm looking at replacing the supply line with their 910 hose which is PTFE lined, the only problem at the moment is finding a fitting to connect to the fuel rail, does anyone know what threads this fitting is?

I've measured the spouts and copper pipe and they measure 8mm.


buba

192 posts

277 months

Wednesday 11th December 2013
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FYI Gates Barricade is no longer available!

GT6k

944 posts

186 months

Wednesday 11th December 2013
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With both sets of hoses I have had done (Pirtek and Preston Hydraulics) they have re used at least some of the old fittings.