petrol and breather lines

[leroy99]

ive just taken the petrol tank out along with the expansion tanks. the fuel line was badly rotted along with the breather pipes.the questions is can i replace the whole fuel line (from tank to carb) with flexible fuel line and also use flexible lines for the expansion tanks to fuel tank. i dont want to use metal pipes since the old metal pipes were corroded and i dont want that to happen again.

[Hacksawbob]

since the old metal pipes were corroded

metal? Is it petrol? In my experience I have only ever seen flexible pipes between tank and carb, get the reinforced stuff rubber with braid internally sandwiched in the rubber. external braid is what maost people use but isnt as good IMHO.

[Hacksawbob]

since the old metal pipes were corroded

metal? Is it petrol? In my experience I have only ever seen flexible pipes between tank and carb, get the reinforced stuff rubber with braid internally sandwiched in the rubber. external braid is what maost people use but isnt as good IMHO.

[leroy99]

yeah between the petrol tank and carbs where a section of flexi pipe connected to a lenght of metal pipe,connected to flexi again (maybe botched repairs) again between the petrol tank and expansion tanks the same was found. i will replace all with flexi pipe like you said, cheers

[Bowton Lad]

On my previous van a 1980 2.0L a/c a new plastic fuel line ran underneath the offside of the vehicle & entered the engine bay at the
o/s front corner.
The original fuel line or rather what was left of it was still visible on the nearside. The flexible line had been removed by it being cutting away just in front of & behind each chassis cross member. All that was left at each cross member was a piece of metal pipe with an inch or so of flexi fuel pipe on each end. Where the flexible pipe entered the engine bay at the n/s front corner a metal bolt had been pushed firmly into the end so no one would attempt to reuse it.