[928uk] Petrol pipe failure

[Duncan Fuller]

Prior to taking on my 928 restoration I spent a couple of years restoring a
1978 mini with some friends. Like your landy we replaced all of the fuel
lines and, like your Landy, experienced leaks after a couple of years of
minimal usage. My view is that it is poor quality hoses that don’t stand up
to modern fuels so are effectively now a service item that you need to
replace every few years. It’s very disappointing, of course, but seems to
be a common theme with some classic car brands that many of the aftermarket
parts are poor.

Regards
Duncan

On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 15:49, Mark Breton via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Rainy day question - non 928 - but may have relevance .
>
> As well as the 928 I have a 1966 petrol Land rover and amongst other work
> to it I replaced the entire fuel system so I was somewhat surprised when
> this week I found that the fuel pipe from the pump ( standard mechanical )
> to carburetor had failed with major petrol leak. I looked back at my
> records and this was purchased in 2016. The supplier still exists but
> doesnt sell that product currently.
> The pipe is standard flexible pipe within a stainless steel braid casing.
> There are no sharp bends and the car has probably done maybe as much as
> 1000miles with it fitted.
> I pulled the casing off today and the pipe is standard black rubber with a
> manufacturing date of 2011. It is cracked throughout and the leak is not a
> surprise when you can see the pipe with casing removed.
> So what does the team think the cause could be  -
>
> Too old
> Failed from petrol inc ethanol ( supermarket standard )
> Cheap Chinese knock off / poor quality
> Something else
>
>
> Its not an expensive item and already replaced however if it had caught
> fire it could have been a total disaster.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Mark 928 manual now on SORN
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Mark Breton
> +44(0)7767577445
>
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