RED ALERT; fuel hose.
Discussion
Got the car out of hibernation today and giving it the once over before going for a blast and blowing the cobwebs off.
Very fortunate, whilst warming up on the drive i was checking the tyre pressures and noticed a strong smell of fuel. When getting down on all fours to look at a wet patch front of the near side rear wheel, noticed fuel dripping from the return hose, quickly stopped the car and did further inspection to find the hose returning into the near side tank seems to have a deterioration split right at the point of where it connects to the tank.
I did replace all fuel lines front to back about 3 years back but did not change this as as was a couple of foot short on the hose. Just goes to show!!
Anyway thought i would post as yet another reminder on the importance of checking ALL your fuel pipes if you have have had yours in hibernation.
I class myself as fortunate that this happened on the drive and not on the road, could have ended up quite nasty
Car put back in garage and new fuel hose ordered. Suppose i will just have to wait for the first blast of the year.
GET CHECKING FOLKS.
Very fortunate, whilst warming up on the drive i was checking the tyre pressures and noticed a strong smell of fuel. When getting down on all fours to look at a wet patch front of the near side rear wheel, noticed fuel dripping from the return hose, quickly stopped the car and did further inspection to find the hose returning into the near side tank seems to have a deterioration split right at the point of where it connects to the tank.
I did replace all fuel lines front to back about 3 years back but did not change this as as was a couple of foot short on the hose. Just goes to show!!
Anyway thought i would post as yet another reminder on the importance of checking ALL your fuel pipes if you have have had yours in hibernation.
I class myself as fortunate that this happened on the drive and not on the road, could have ended up quite nasty
Car put back in garage and new fuel hose ordered. Suppose i will just have to wait for the first blast of the year.
GET CHECKING FOLKS.
I here what your saying guys but have checked the hoses i changed around 3 years ago and they seem absolutely fine and strong, being hard to squeeze etc in all the accessible places.
I think that the R9 is probably widely used on other vehicles also, so for now its probably still one of the better options. We just need to keep checking them.
Not too sure yet but i think even thee hose i have found leaking, that has probably been on for years, has only split around the connection where it is a tight angle actually cutting into the end of the small tube on the tank.
I think that the R9 is probably widely used on other vehicles also, so for now its probably still one of the better options. We just need to keep checking them.
Not too sure yet but i think even thee hose i have found leaking, that has probably been on for years, has only split around the connection where it is a tight angle actually cutting into the end of the small tube on the tank.
Yep i think we got to stay practical and consider as already mentioned; the biggest problem is hopefully the fact some some p****s are supplying well below par quality hose. If it was anything other than this then surely it is not just TVR owners but 100's of thousands of unsuspecting owners of any make of car prior to the fuel spec changes who are in trouble, no?
The other thing that springs to mind, if it was purely the fuel and increased ethanol that was the cause, why do we see them failing cracking from the outside? Why would this not cause issue from the inside first and thus block up fuel systems with deteriorating internals of the hose.
Steve
The other thing that springs to mind, if it was purely the fuel and increased ethanol that was the cause, why do we see them failing cracking from the outside? Why would this not cause issue from the inside first and thus block up fuel systems with deteriorating internals of the hose.
Steve
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