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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 4 Wheel Drives => Topic started by: icecold on January 04, 2010, 01:48:35 pm
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My Fuels lines are jacked up on my 85 K15 Sierra. When i got the truck there was standard rubber line ran from the fuel tank to the fuel pump. I am thinking of getting rubber fuel injection line ran from the fuel tank or maybe getting braided line but then i need some an fittings. What do you guys think?
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Get some 3/8" steel line and do it right. All that rubber line is just a fire waiting to happen. You can get a 25' roll of 3/8" line from Napa for about $30.
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I am going to run stainless steel line make it last for a while. Summit racing has it for like 53 for a roll of 20 foot. Just going to do the body lift first to get some more space and put a new fuel valve while i am in there.
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why are the rubber lines no good? they are used in many cars/trucks. this is a serious question, i took my steel lines out and put rubber in, if it is really that dangerous i will change them back, but i can't see why it's dangerous...
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bust i think what he saying is if they are lose then they can rub then leak then fire. but if they are tight then all is good
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thats kinda what i figured, but i wasnt sure if he knew something i didn't,, like the exhaust heat cracking the rubber (it's not close, just a example).
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The rubber lines available from autozone/oriely's/nappa won't last long at all. I my experience, they crack sooner than I am willing to check them. The factory rubber lines on my '75 going between the two tanks was still in great shape after 30+ years, but where to fine quality hoses like that is a mystery to me. I would minimize the hoses and maximize hard lines.
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On carbureted systems you can use them for connections. Running a rubber fuel line along the frame from component to component is illegal in most states and not a very good idea. Factory systems are usually steel or nylon.
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this is good info to know. figures, i just put those rubber lines on about a month ago. gonna go spend some more time under the truck!... :-\
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I work at an Advance Auto parts, we sell two types of fuel hose normal for like $1-2 a foot and fuel injection line which is $5-6 a foot. Now the fuel injection line is the line that is going to last years and years, the normal fuel line which is what they ran on my truck down the frame with zip ties near exhaust lol is cracking bad.
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lol went i worked at autozone i had a mail women " i think i told this story before" but she had a hole in her brake like she wanted me to sell her fuel line to patch the brake line