Chris Wilson Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Just gone to move a race car and I thought it was out of fuel until I saw several gallons of fuel at rail pressure had pumped onto the floor from a leaking Aeroquip braided hose. Hose is only 2 years old, nitrile lined. Aeroquip say the fuel companies are adding E85 to all unleaded pump fuels and it's rotting the nitrile liners. I will have to replace it with Teflon lined, which, at -8 diameter is very inflexible and will need re routing. Big fire risk, if you use braided nitrile lined hose you should change it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 With utmost respect that sounds like cobblers from the Aeroquip guy. If all pump fuel now had sufficient ethanol in it to rot out standard fuel lines in two years then nearly all the cars on the road today will soon be falling apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 It sounded odd to me, too, but i am talking aftermarket stainless braided. Can only quote the supplier, and needless to say I am not happy with a potential £350 quid bill to re hose the damned thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 I just Googled this and it seems it's far from unknown. Maybe older stock lines were a different material to current stuff. I am told the black Kevlar or whatever braided stuff has not, so far, succumbed to this. Luckily this is just on my Skyline, the other race cars are all Teflon lined, as far as I remember. It has also sat for months with fuel in the lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Luckily I have Teflon lines right throughout my track car now. I used to have Black Kevlar lines on the old fuel tank, they were on the old tank for a good few years and never leaked. I am sure you have the tools needed to build new teflon lines but if you need anything let me know as I ended up purchasing the kit in order to do it all on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 http://nora.ie/biofuels-obligation-scheme.141.html Interesting: In Ireland The obligation was increased from the 1st January, 2013 from 4.166% Ethanol mix to 6.383% via the BOIS scheme(Biofuel Obligation Scheme ) The key word there is "obligation". The BOS Scheme places an obligation on suppliers of mineral oil to ensure that 6.383% (by volume) of the motor fuels (generally Gasoline and Motor Diesel) they place on the market in Ireland is produced from renewable sources, e.g. Ethanol and Biodiesel. The obligation was increased from the 1st January, 2013. It was previously 4.166% Nice read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ethanol_fuel_mixtures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellonman Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Just had this with my braided fuel line also, started it up and smelt it and opened the bonnet and it was spraying all over the chassis leg, dont thinkni would of liked that to happen while driving, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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