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Kinked fuel line

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ballmead said:
Do yourself a favour and buy the 5/16" or 8mm hose.
It fits tight without having to fight the hose to get it on.

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Thanks, 6mm is far too small and wasn't happy with leaving it short of the end...

Just cut the other end off and sliced through the little blue washer.... F*CK!!!

Just tried to glue it back on, see how that sets..
 
Oldschool said:
I usually lube connections with a little di-electric gease or motor oil before assembly. Even at that point it looks like you have enough for a clamp to grab what is needed for a good seal.
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I did!! Took some doing though. Sat the end of the pipe in boiling water for a min.or two first then beasted it on, you need to push and turn at the same time.
 
maddog1982 said:
I did!! Took some doing though. Sat the end of the pipe in boiling water for a min.or two first then beasted it on, you need to push and turn at the same time.
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You were so close, but that's strange it wouldn't fit if it was the same inside diameter as what you took off.
I had a problem with a fuel connection the other way around. I needed a 5/16" connector and was sent a 1/4". Although it fit in it wasn't tight enough that I trusted it not to leak. It is important to use the same inside diameter on lines that was OEM since they were designed for a reason.

Sorry that didn't work out, but at least the stuff isn't expensive, and you know for sure what you need now.

After my experience I use a caliper on stuff like that to make sure I am buying the right size.
 
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Oldschool said:
You were so close, but that's strange it wouldn't fit if it was the same inside diameter as what you took off.
I had a problem with a fuel connection the other way around. I needed a 5/16" connector and was sent a 1/4". Although it fit in it wasn't tight enough that I trusted it not to leak. It is important to use the same inside diameter on lines that was OEM since they were designed for a reason.

Sorry that didn't work out, but at least the stuff isn't expensive, and you know for sure what you need now.

After my experience I use a caliper on stuff like that to make sure I am buying the right size.
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Am I the only one who had success with 6mm?
 
Resurrecting an old thread. I had made a hose several years ago using 1/4 inch (6mm) hose. It cracked and started leaking so I bought new hose and used 5/16 inch this time mainly because I couldn't find any 1/4 inch hose locally that was suitable for fuel injection pressure. I think now that 5/16 inch is actually the correct size.
 
IIRC, the recommended size from the FZ1OA thread was 3/8 or 5/16, but I think the 3/8 was really tight. I think I did 5/16 fuel injection hose and a couple of clamps... Not absolutely sure, but that was about 10 years ago... I also went with a longer hose to be sure that the tank could hinge up without pulling on the hose... ~16 inches, I think?
 
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Blue Flash said:
IIRC, the recommended size from the FZ1OA thread was 3/8 or 5/16, but I think the 3/8 was really tight. I think I did 5/16 fuel injection hose and a couple of clamps... Not absolutely sure, but that was about 10 years ago... I also went with a longer hose to be sure that the tank could hinge up without pulling on the hose... ~16 inches, I think?
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3/8 is 1/16 larger than 5/16 so would be looser and would probably leak. I was on FZ1OA when I made my original hose several years ago and I'm quite sure 1/4 and 5/16 sizes were what were discussed. I went with 1/4 inch back then but it is very tight getting the couplers on. I think the couplers are actually designed for 5/16 inch hose. I cut my length at just over 22 inches.
 
jwarden said:
3/8 is 1/16 larger than 5/16 so would be looser and would probably leak. I was on FZ1OA when I made my original hose several years ago and I'm quite sure 1/4 and 5/16 sizes were what were discussed. I went with 1/4 inch back then but it is very tight getting the couplers on. I think the couplers are actually designed for 5/16 inch hose. I cut my length at just over 22 inches.
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I think you're right about the recommendations... and it looks like I got those numbers crossed up. I may have tried 1/4 at first too.
You should read what I meant, not what I said! :)
 
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