WARNING !!! RISK OF FIRE FAULTY FUEL PIPE

[Danish 294]

also watch out for the webber carbs, the inlet pipe insert pulls out real easy and pumps fuel all over the engine. as happened to me last year. luckily engine stalled from lack of fuel, pulled th ebonnet to see th epipe hanging out. fuel everywhere including on the exhaust. keep a fire extinguisher in the car.

 

That's a bit scary. I think I'll add an oil-pressure switch in as well as a bump-switch for my electric fuel pump. :(

[dgo 80]

also watch out for the webber carbs, the inlet pipe insert pulls out real easy and pumps fuel all over the engine. as happened to me last year. luckily engine stalled from lack of fuel, pulled th ebonnet to see th epipe hanging out. fuel everywhere including on the exhaust. keep a fire extinguisher in the car.

You're talking about the brass pipe where the flexibe pipe from the pump attaches onto the side of the carb? Those come loose sometimes which is worth a regular check. All that's usually needed to fix this is to remove the top of the carb and tap the brass pipe back into the alli housing. If that doesn't work I've seen them expoxied into the housing but be careful not to get any into the carb internals if you do that

Edited April 19, 2013 by dgo

[cortina-city 141]

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You're talking about the brass pipe where the flexibe pipe from the pump attaches onto the side of the carb? Those come loose sometimes which is worth a regular check. All that's usually needed to fix this is to remove the top of the carb and tap the brass pipe back into the alli housing. If that doesn't work I've seen them expoxied into the housing but be careful not to get any into the carb internals if you do that

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[Mangler 20]

Best thing to do with that,is throw it away and tap the port 1/8 NPT and screw a brass connector in.You can get them from Burton's,£4.50 I think

Edited April 24, 2013 by Mangler

[lee b 1]

I bought steel braided fuel pipes they look good at first but collect crap and when the rubber did go after 4/5years

It wasn't apparent where it was coming from as you can't see the rubber through the braid

[frame69 0]

Perhaps this pipe is mounted in a way that it flexes too often or is near a heat source. If its fuel injection lines then I would go to a local hydraulic pipe maker as their pipes work under extreme pressure hot and cold. They would recommend a pipe for fuel too I would imagine.

 

On the cars from which these injection engines come from usually would,have a cut off for the fuel pump if I recall. Triggered off by a bump I think.

 

 

 

 

Cheers,Frame.

 

 

 

[bortaf 96]

Perhaps this pipe is mounted in a way that it flexes too often or is near a heat source. If its fuel injection lines then I would go to a local hydraulic pipe maker as their pipes work under extreme pressure hot and cold. They would recommend a pipe for fuel too I would imagine.

On the cars from which these injection engines come from usually would,have a cut off for the fuel pump if I recall. Triggered off by a bump I think.

Cheers,Frame.

 

Read back to the begining, the issue is ethenol in the petrol we buy, it eats the wronge kind of rubber pipes and or makes them brittle. you'll also see that hydraulic pipe is no good for fuel pipe and suffers the same problems.

Fitting a cut off would be of no use if the fuel pipe split, they are set off by the impact of a crash not a drop in fuel pressure ;)

The answer is to use as mutch of the origional plastic fuel pipe as you can, it's only the rubber flex sections that cause the trouble.

[wolfrace 116]

Someone had replaced the whole run under the car with fabric braided rubber and that had just about deteriorated all the way along where it was forced into the clips. I noticed the smell and the whole lot was damp so well worth checking. Replaced the lot in the end, simple job to replace, not so much with a full tank like mine was and the rubber had gone rock hard over the sender so got a healthy amount down my arm prizing that off.

Edited January 11, 2014 by wolfrace

[mk2 addict 7]

Ive got a mk1 sierra which had sat for a while, decided to start it up and and left it ticking over and then went to shut the bonnet and fuel was spraying everywhere! Could of gone up in smoke :o . Second time on a Sierra so well worth checking :thumbup:

[TIB3300 455]

I think its time for this thread to make another appearance :thumbdown:

[Danish 294]

It's worth mentioning that new Weber 32/36s now have a threaded spigot, not the pressed in one they used to have.

 

Someone on here poste da link a while ago to hard plastic diesel/petrol line and I bought a length to do underneath the car, as Rob suggests.

[Kenworth W900 43]

We changed mine as soon as I could after reading this post, although I probably would've done so anyway as mine was visibly frayed and slowly seeping fuel!

 

I think it's great that the issue is being highlighted. It was literally the first thing me and my Dad did on my car after I bought the car two years ago now:

 

[cambelt66 2]

Very true Cortina -city,

I had the same thing happen years ago on my 2e. Also watch out where the jubilee clip is positioned on the inlet pipe as the air box can "lean" on the clip and push it out/or off (very easily done)

[team_radius 8]

I've been told that ESSO super unleaded does not have any ethonal in it. A mate of mine works down Fawley refinery in charge of the different recipes for fuel including all that super market stuff, and thats what he said.

[Danish 294]

I've been told that ESSO super unleaded does not have any ethonal in it. A mate of mine works down Fawley refinery in charge of the different recipes for fuel including all that super market stuff, and thats what he said.

That's worth knowing. I generally fill up with Shell V8 every third fill, but supermarket fuel in between. I should probably use premium fuel all the time.