[T3] Fuel hose replacement

[Jim Adney]

Dennis,

Most fuel hose sold today "for fuel injection" is made for modern 
injection systems that run with pressures 2x - 3x higher than ours. 
Spending money to put this stuff on our cars is pointless. It's more 
important to find something that has a small OD and will tolerate 
small bend radii.

I stock very nice 5/16" hose that I've used for years with good 
results. It is flexible and has the added advantage that it has a 
small OD, which enables it to go thru the 3 rubber grommets on our 
cars. I sell it for $3/ft or $22 ft/$60, which is enough for a 
complete car. Shipping is extra.

The little short pieces of hose on the injectors should also be 
replaced when the rest of the car is done. I can do this nicely for 
$5 per injector.

It's likely that your hose, assuming it was decent stuff 4 years ago, 
is still fine. The hose in the front, under the gas tank, will last 
many times longer than that exposed to engine heat.

Jim

On 24 Aug 2016 at 12:41, dlstiefel wrote:

> Well it's been nearly 3 years since we got Clementine back on the road 
> and nearly 4 years since the first time we cranked her. The last year of 
> the restoration was spent mainly waiting on the body shop to do their 
> thing. I've put around 6000 miles on her since mainly driving her around 
> town and to VW events in the fall, winter and spring not much in the 
> summer. The trans in her has had a slight noise in it every since back 
> in high school when I busted the spider gears from popping the clutch 
> too much. I had forgotten about this since I went 23 years without 
> driving her but the sound never was bad. the noise here lately has 
> gotten worse here lately plus there hes been an occasional clunk sound 
> when I engage the clutch. the clutch was replaced along with the 
> flywheel being resurfaced when she was apart. Since I have an extra 
> trans that has a 1/3 of the miles as this one and has not been used 
> since 1980 and came out of the 72 SB we used for parts we are in the 
> posses of putting new seals in this trans and swapping it out while it 
> is still to hot for me to drive it. I'm debating whether or not to 
> replace all the fuel hoses while we are doing this. There is an ethanol 
> frindly hose I'm thinking about using made by ACDelco  
> http://www.acdelco.com/content/dam/ACDelco/North-America/ACDelco/nscwebsite/en/Home/Auto_Repair/PDF%C2%B4S/Maintenance/Belts_and_Hoses/professional-fuel-line-fuel-injection-hose-ACDelco.pdf
> Not sure if I will go with that or if I will even replace them with no 
> more miles than it has. They look good but I know that don't always mean 
> anything. I want to have
> 
> -- 
> Dennis Stiefel
> Automotive Service/Repair (Mechanics) Instructor
> Dekalb County Technology Center
> Rainsville, AL
> Work (256) 638-4421 EX 109
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