its been a pita week with the car! ive had to visit three different tyre places to finaly get the wheels balanced correctly, had the windscreen broken by a flying stone and to cap it off, the fuel pipe started leaking on a friday afternoon when every garage in town has a car on their ramp!

so eventualy the coroded piece is incised and a piece of rubber fuel hose is connected, but will it stand the pressure?

the garage made me sign a disclaimer absolving them from any responsibility and this hardly gives me confidance but the repair has let me drive without leaking fuel, so far.

does anyone have any info on how long this temporary fix may last?

ie for what period i can expect rubber fuel pipe can withstand the pressure generated from the fuel pump?

 

I ran with this fix for six months with no problem. The fuel injectors are fed through similar rubber tubes and there are other rubber sections of clamped rubber tube in the system. The only issue should be where the fix is located - I wouldn't be happy with this kind of fix on the long tube runs under the car as they would be open to abrasion an would be far more vulnerable than the metal pipes

Cheers
Dave

 

it carries less than 3 bar pressure ...not much .

 

you guys are sure about this, for the pipe that comes away from the fuel tank and sits up under the rear fender?

well im glad to know that it shouldnt suddenly fail and spill gas out everywhere at a huge rate, it means i can take my time and plan for a repair when the car is not needed!

interestingly the car takes longer to start now, needs to be cranked a twice as much. i wonder if this is due to elasticity in the pipe and it not maintaining pressure to feed the regulator and parts forward, whilst stopped?