Hi all, i am looking at changing my fuel and coolant hoses.

will this work for both?

it will be used on a 893cc blade engine (carb)

thanks
ian

1m Green Rubber Fuel Hose 9.5mm (3/8"') | eBay

You want Nitrile Fuel Hose, it wont go hard over time. Unleaded fuel is a killer of cheap hose fuel

some of the coolant and fuel hose on there at the mo has gone hard and has some small cracks in it.


are we talking weeks, or a year or so here at a guess?

thanks
ian

Couple months at the most... All mine is Nitrile except one short bit off the fuel rail to the pressure reg.

Its the only bit thats gone hard, and the cars not been driven on the road yet!! just run a dozen times and rolling roaded.

Get R9 rated fuel hose.

has anyone got any links to the R9 stuff at a locost price? :-)

nitrile lined r9

David dis an excellent piece of research here:

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=153126

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=rd+hose&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=r9+hose&_sacat=0

I'd recommend proper Teflon fuel hose, not Teflon coated, so you can ignore all the problems with rubber and modern fuels/ethanol.

Torques UK Teflon Fuel Hose

[Edited on 18/4/13 by keybaud]

[Edited on 18/4/13 by keybaud]