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[Sleepy Stu]

sorry just realised you said clubman estate, heres the pipe but theres no length

http://www.minispare.../classic/petrol

Trac

https://www.minispar...nks.aspx?1~6~50

Here you go Kappa check out item 16 in the list at the bottom, it states the pipe is 134" long

Thank DKlawson Rubber sleeve and p clips are the way forward then..!!

and thanks for the pic Stu, whats the return pipe for? i thought theres usually only the one pipe?

Cheers
Trac

If you have an SPI or an MPI you will need a return. I need one because I'm running a Honda VTEC

[ace01]

I'm sure I read somewhere that copper reacts with petrol, no idea if that's all petrol or if it happens quickly enough to be a concern. Plenty of diy car builders use copper.

I have an idea that copper reacts with exhaust gases, which maybe what you have read.

[Lucas1988]

I had this very dilema a few weeks ago and after ruining the first copper pipe I installed I gave up and went braided. Wasn't too expensive in the end. 8mm feed and 6mm return came to about £30 in total

Out of interest, where did you get this fuel line from, a link would be awesome if you have one.
Thanks

[gazza82]

You do realise that post is from 2012!

[cal844]

Buy it per metre, I fit a length of microbore along the floor

[nicklouse]

I had this very dilema a few weeks ago and after ruining the first copper pipe I installed I gave up and went braided. Wasn't too expensive in the end. 8mm feed and 6mm return came to about £30 in total

Out of interest, where did you get this fuel line from, a link would be awesome if you have one.
Thanks

One problem with that is you have no idea what condition it is in over time. If the rubber has perished you can not see it. Been there had leaks.

[mikal]

Australian cars used steel (of some sort, doesn't seem to corrode and my car is from 1967) fuel lines. Wonder why they did that here?

[Ethel]

Brit Minis were also steel from the factory, pretty sure it was stainless.

[nicklouse]

Brit Minis were also steel from the factory, pretty sure it was stainless.

will not have been. They rusted.

[mikal]

maybe it's the salt on the road situation you have over there? 

[minimans]

Steel fuel lines every time, copper will vibrate and work harden over time then split. braided rubber lines are a disaster waiting to happen, you noticed what modern fuels are doing to rubber hoses? even the ones that are supposed to be compatible! but with them being covered your first clue will be the smell of petrol coming from somewhere....................... Bundy tubing is still available, soft enough to bend and rot resistant. You can even get soft stainless designed for small pipes and bends.

[grizzler73]

I used goodridge hardline pipe and fittings, braided looks nice but are vulnerable and anyway you can't see it!

[Pete649]

You do realise that post is from 2012!

 

Ah. That will be why the link in Tiger99's post does not work then