i've had a look through the search results, and cant seem to find the answer to my question.

basiclly, both my hose's that are connected to the tb are serverly perished. and both weep slightly.

the thing thats puzzling me, is where they change from steel pipes, to rubber hoses. is it detachable at this point, or will i need to replace more than i anticipated?

only other option i can see, is cutting it back to where the hoese are good, then putting new hose in with a bit of a bridge pipe in the hose's. jubbileed on


thanks, in advance.


oh yeah, also, how do i stop it from squirting me in the face when i un-hook from the tb?

lol

i cut away the formed metal end and then fitted fuel hose with a jubilee clip

nice one. it might be the excuse to start dressing the engine with silocon hoses, lol.

what about stopping the fuel squirting at me? or will it be ok if i just open the filler cap on the tank to relieve the pressure?

cheers, dude!

i just left the fuel cap off. im sure you could depressurise but im never that smart
mine was leaking so would have been on lower pressure anyway

cool, i'll get ordering some hose then. is it 5mm inner bore size?

cant remember im asfraid.just gauged it in hafords and got it right lol

lol, i'll try aking one of them off later and measure up.

i got some stainless overbraid hose i was goin to put on but never got round to it i didnt know wether to chop the crimp or the hose

the TB cooling pipes only really help on very cold days for a few mins after start. I'd just cap them if they are perished. You probably won't notice a difference and won't hav to worry about them again

Kristian

kritip said:

the TB cooling pipes only really help on very cold days for a few mins after start. I'd just cap them if they are perished. You probably won't notice a difference and won't hav to worry about them again

Kristian

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"fuel" hose question, lol

I'm a dumb ass lol, wondered why people were talking about braiding!

I have a braided fuel hose on mine, 9mm ID.

Needless to say don't cap the fuel line lolol :idea:

Kristian

kritip said:

I'm a dumb ass lol, wondered why people were talking about braiding!

I have a braided fuel hose on mine, 9mm ID.

Needless to say don't cap the fuel line lolol :idea:

Kristian

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no probs, lol.

have you cut the steel part of the pipe then? is it 9mm ID for both pipe and tb nipple? well, obviously, lol but you know what i mean

not sure.

mine is Sei mpi and there are diffrences tbh. I have a fuel feed from a plastic pipe that runs from the tank to the bay, then a plastic moulded line from there to the tb.

I ordered this which is a high pressure hose with a SS braiding slipped over. its actually 8mm ID, sorry for the wrong measurement.

I presume the older cinq/sei is the same size though

Kristian

nice one, i'll have a look at my pipes tomorrow. looks like someone has replaced part of it before so will measure that bit.

one more question, for those that have chopped the metal pipes, how do i cut them without contaminating the fule lines with metal bits from cutting?

Can you not just cut the hose from the pipe? I used a surgical scalpel, cut like butter through the hose and was obvious when you went down to the fuel pipe.

A sharp new stanley knife blade should do the same?! The end of my lines, after the hose has removed, had a raised lip to prevent the hose popping off, prob best to keep it

You may be talking about something entirely different though,in which case i apologise.

Cheers,



Kristian

on mine they have a sodding great crimp stuck on the end no knife would cut through them (where the hoses connect to the metal pipes coming from the tank)

Isn't that a clic clamp. hose pliers will remove it, and refit it without a problem. Otherwise, any old pliers and a good twisting will see it off. Thats if its the clip i'm thinking of?!

noooo,well not on mine anyway.there like the big crimps used on hydraulic lines.

to clear up a bit of confusion,

here's my initial problem, and my resulting problem, to cure the initial, lol (made it confusing again, pmsl)

From the pics (certainly cleared thing up ) the actual line from/too the tank looks the same size, 8mm hose should do.

to remove it, rather than cut the pipe, i'd cut the craked fuel hose, plug the end (to stop crap falling in), angle grind or cut those crimp lenghtways so you can open it up with plires, and remove the hose. That way you get no junk in there, the full length of the fuel line, and possible the raise ends to help the new clamp stay on.

Kristian