Technical A Traditional Looking Alternative To Neoprene Fuel Line-Cool Stuff

Yeah, there is, but you have to dig around for them. As I recall, it was around $129.00 for 10 feet. Little pricey for me !

 

interesting

 

Well, what I know about it is this. If the hose isn't PTFE it's not fuel safe, it's just rubber. No matter what the guys behind the counter tell you. Probably Chinese rubber at that.

 

You know guys I've had the new old stock Edlebrock red/orange hose on my roadster and 48 moor door for two plus years. Well F-6Gargerat how long ago did you tell me it was on ebay. Why don't you think it has gone bad yet and what should I be looking for. Is it going to get mushy or hard and crack. Hell it was pretty hard when I put it on.
Gary

 

All of these fuel line problems are interesting, I have never have a fuel line problem (of this type). Now what could be the difference? I replace fuel line when it starts to look old and cracked, but never had one spraying fuel and sure don't have to replace them yearly. Just seems odd that there is that much difference between users.

 

I've been using the Speedway red 5/16" line for years without any issues. Could be that the cars are garaged and have hoods. Too, I buy gas in bulk from the local co-op and they say that the ethanol percentage is lower than the blends sold in service stations.

 

I will not run ethanol blends in my lawn equipment let alone my older cars! The problem is a lot greater than the fuel hose (which problem I have not had). It eats up fuel tanks, metal fuel lines, carburetors, and to some extent intake manifolds. It attacks aluminum. I do not like the stuff and I am more than willing to pay a little more for non-ethanol fuel. On the fuel hose, maybe it's an issue on high pressure systems with say 35 to 50 psi in the lines, but can't see much of a problem at 2 psi or even 5 psi. Again not sure why some individuals have this issue and others do not. Maybe it's a regional thing, maybe they are selling really poor fuel hose is some areas of the county. I have a pickup that had run ethanol fuel in it (had to replace the fuel tank because of it) and it has fuel line on it that are at least 10 years old with no problems. The ethanol ate up the tank before it had any effect on the fuel hose. But now, no ethanol fuel in these cars, just not worth it.

 

You know Gary I wish I had the answers for you. I didn't mean for this to seem like some infomercial scare tactic. The truth is it can happen though. It happened to me and I went hard line on my next one. Then I got this stuff and I like it. Maybe it's not for everyone but it's cool stuff and it works.

 

And then this:
Just as an update to this, I actually contacted them about a fuel line setup for my RPU and after a few back and forth e-mails discussing things he just stopped getting back to me.
Left me wondering what it would be like if I actually sent money and made an order.
(Which was hard to do in the first place without being able to have him figure out the parts for my components and put together a package-quote.)
Too bad, it looked like a promising product and kind of neat.