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| | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 105 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 105 | Can I use rubber flexible fuel line from my in-cab fuel tank to my engine's fuel pump? It's got the old steel line thats all rotted out. I'd rather use rubber if it's safe.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | There is rubber hose available for gas lines. One of my vehicles has rubber lines, but short ones, and the other one I made out of a 25ft coil of steel lines so it would be one continous line from the back of the panel to the fuel pump.... but in all honesty I'd run metal. Heck, I think metal is even less costly than the rubber which is priced by the foot!! | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | I'm in the process of removing the all rubber run on my '56 and replacing with metal. I had fuel delivery problems on the road to KC and back and I suspect the old hose is collapsing. The problem doesn't surface going to local shows and stuff but get her out on the highway for a few hours and it starts to close up. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 105 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 105 | The reason I ask is that I've got a bunch of ethanol resistant fuel line that I can use, rather than buying more steel line... | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
I am with Cletis: metal beats rubber. Rubber can provide help/safety in places that have movement/vibrations (as in brake hoses in key spots). I am using rubber in the last 12"-24" of fuel lines (and an in-line fuel filter) in a dual-carb set-up, but I know I should change to metal.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | use the rubber if you have, and if it starts to give you problems later on, change it out
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 | the only rubber i use is the little short pieces that come with the inline filters. i mount the filter as close as to the tank i can with access to change it with the least amount of mess. from there its steel all the way to the carb. | | |
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