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I know this is repeated and repeated but I had a close call this morning, twice a year I tend to get my sense of smell and taste 'vanish' for a couple of months and this week I though I could maybe smell petrol sort of but looked under the van and in the engine compartment but could not see anything, this morning I started the van as usual on LPG but it is slow to start ever since I ran out of LPG a couple of weeks ago so I thought swop over to petrol and I had a look under the van and petrol was pissing out from the engine!, the pipe from the pump to the engine had cracked out the outside of the bend and the R/H cylinder head was soaking luckily I had replacement pipe supplied from Brickwerks so changed it, all ok now, will change all the rest now, the moral is CHECK YOUR PIPES.

scottbott wrote: the moral is don't buy pipe from Brickwerks and forget to fit it.

fixed that for you

The big problem with the regular advice to check pipes is people think they are a bit tired so replace with pipe that is far inferior to the original, it then does not last.

I Changed all my pipes recently I'm sure it was original and in great condition but I changed it for quality pipe for peace of mind.
If it had been changed a few years ago with ebay crap it would likely be dangerous by now.

If you are going to change any pipe get quality 100% ethanol pipe from a trusted supplier like Brickwerks. It's not cheap but you would buy cheap condoms would you?

Wait, what are you using your pipe for???

long and thin goes right in !!!

Short and thick does the trick!