**** fuel pipe

[whitev8stag]

Well all i can say is check the quality of your fuel hose! and buy decent stuff.

got the stag out today 3rd day in a row fuel was going all over the place. turns out the pipe has split by the T piece under the bonnet.

the pipes only a year old this week in fact!

thankfully we were not on the road and it wasn't hot. if the engine had been hot it would have been a gonner!

so yeah, check your fuel hoses regularly !!

Ben

[CLASSICCHAV]

Nothing wrong with my fuel hose i shall be passing 8 cans of special brew through it today,this will enter my expansion tank and exit through the over-flow pipe later.

[V Mad]

I wonder if the pipes were too small? It seems quite common for 6mm hoses to be fitted onto 8mm fittings, they will often fit if pushed hard enough.

I also check that hoses are marked with the test sped (SAEJ30R6 etc) and from a reputable manufacturer.

[Andrew S]

Ben, this is spooky. Got a call from my father this morning and guess what "I am stuck at the side of the road and there is fuel coming from a split pipe just after the fuel filter"

A pen knife cut and using the surplus pipe got him home and now going to renew the piping today.

Spooky

[whitev8stag]

Treated the stag to a fully ss braided fuel hose today! looks lovely

[AlanD]

that reminds me i need to do mine too

[martin]

Treated the stag to a fully ss braided fuel hose today! looks lovely

Hi, I've got that stuff, and it does look the business, but with E5 and the threat of E10 I think it's vulnerable and invisible. Any thoughts folk ? Martin.

[whitev8stag]

Referring to the ethanol? Well yes, but i have gone on the idea that a thick rubber pipe will last longer.

and i guess soon they will invent a new pipe resistant to it...

there is talk of an 'additive' being produced...


Ben

[whitev8stag]

seems to be an issue within the boat industry as well...

[StagnJag]

Referring to the ethanol? Well yes, but i have gone on the idea that a thick rubber pipe will last longer.

and i guess soon they will invent a new pipe resistant to it...

there is talk of an 'additive' being produced...


Ben

There must be a fuel resistant pipe available already. All new cars are supposedly suitable for fuel containing ethanol.

Rgds

Dave