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Having read the post above I decided that I would see if I could find a specification for Ethanol safe petrol hoses on the internet....
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When replacing hard fuel lines, I use 8mm microbore central heating pipe in copper. I's nice and easy to bend with a cheap pipe bender, fits the factory clips etc and of course, doesn't rot like steel. It's also cheaper than buying the "correct" stuff from the factors. No downside that i've been able to discover.
Steve
Hi Steve, when you made up the fuel pipe for me is this the size the pipe is....8mm O/D ish?
I ask as I'm wanting to order some rubber hose to connect it all up with and I'm not in the workshop to measure it!
What size I/D hose should I be ordering please?.....and clip I/D too please?
Yes Shaun this is what I made for you, so 8mm I/D hose is what you need.
Fuel pipe clips, you need 4 x 624155 (double clip with brake pipe for chassis leg) and 12 x 1509301 (single fuel pipe only) Fitchetts stock them, also Bresco and probably a dozen others. Bresco are often a bit cheaper but you have to convert their part numbers to OE which is very time consuming.
Whilst on the subject of fuel pipe clips, a word on fuel HOSE clips.
In my experience,a small worm drive hose clip ("Jubiliee" clip style) just doesn't cut it on fuel hose. It ends up as a sort of D shape instead of round! I don't recommend using the original spring clips either, as modern hose is almost always a little thicker than OE and the OE clips were made to suit a particular thickness of hose. Take my advice, go the extra mile and get the correct style of fuel pipe screw clips.
It's probably not quite so critical with carbs, but my EFi systems don't like worm drive clips one bit!
Steve