What fuel hose brand do you recommend
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What fuel hose brand do you recommend
Running new an6 hose to a TPI. What brands do you like ? And from which company
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Re: What fuel hose brand do you recommend
We get all our stuff from XRP. No complaints and excellent service. Fast shipping, etc.
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Re: What fuel hose brand do you recommend
They all are pretty good. If you want the best long lasting stuff, get something teflon lined. Cost more but wont degrade over time and leak fuel smell. I used cheap lines for my stealth ram swap and after 2 years i could smell alittle fuel in the engine bay near the lines. Went teflon in my turbo car and been 8 yrs or so and no issues
Use same brand for hose ends/fittings much as you can
Use same brand for hose ends/fittings much as you can
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Re: What fuel hose brand do you recommend
I have used Summit's hose and fittings and haven't had any issues. Pretty cost effective too.
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Re: What fuel hose brand do you recommend
Just a heads up.
For the OP, only use PTFE or Viton lined hose. Be sure to use the proper hose ends. When I use PTFE hose, I use the same brand hose ends as the hose.
If you use CPE lined hoses you will be replacing them after a short period of time. They aren't rated for fuel usage.
Pretty much, same as Orr89RocZ posted.
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Re: What fuel hose brand do you recommend
To add, here is a thread where I linked to examples of the hose to use (post #4):
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...s-correct.html
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https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tech...s-correct.html
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Re: What fuel hose brand do you recommend
Do a good pull test on those hoses. There is a thread over on the YB forum about them coming apart. OP had an oil line fail in the burnout box. He was lucky. Another poster recently crashed his car due to a Summit line coming apart (Summit hose and ends).
Just a heads up.
For the OP, only use PTFE or Viton lined hose. Be sure to use the proper hose ends. When I use PTFE hose, I use the same brand hose ends as the hose.
If you use CPE lined hoses you will be replacing them after a short period of time. They aren't rated for fuel usage.
Pretty much, same as Orr89RocZ posted.
RBob.
Just a heads up.
For the OP, only use PTFE or Viton lined hose. Be sure to use the proper hose ends. When I use PTFE hose, I use the same brand hose ends as the hose.
If you use CPE lined hoses you will be replacing them after a short period of time. They aren't rated for fuel usage.
Pretty much, same as Orr89RocZ posted.
RBob.
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Rubber hose bleeds vapors. I had access to a smog machine a long time ago during which time I was trying to figure out why my garage always smelled like raw fuel.
Putting the probe up to the lines (which were the run of the mill briaded rubber from tank to rail on my EFI swap) resulted in hydrocarbon spikes.
Switched over to PTFE lines and boom, smell eliminated...
://www.nastyz28.com/threads/teflon-fuel-lines-eliminated-fuel-odor.74401/