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posted on 18/4/13 at 04:51 PM

will this hose be ok for fuel and coolant??

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)

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posted on 18/4/13 at 05:13 PM

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

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posted on 18/4/13 at 05:27 PM

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?

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posted on 18/4/13 at 05:31 PM

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.

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posted on 18/4/13 at 05:32 PM

Get R9 rated fuel hose.

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posted on 18/4/13 at 05:33 PM

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

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posted on 18/4/13 at 05:38 PM

nitrile lined r9

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posted on 18/4/13 at 05:43 PM

David dis an excellent piece of research here:

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

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posted on 18/4/13 at 06:00 PM

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

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posted on 18/4/13 at 09:20 PM

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

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