Can you say MBTE?
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver at Eng.Sun.COM>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 4:22 PM
Subject: Bad fuel hoses from MOSS??
> While working on the sprite this weekend, I was getting ready to fire up
the
> engine, when I the sound of fuel hitting the floor in my garage. I had
just
> turned on the key, which fired of my SU elctrical fule pump, but hadn't
hit the
> starter yet.
> The steel braded fuel line going to my dellorto sidedraft, was leaking
fuel all
> over the inside of my engine bay. I tried to fix the problem by tightening
my
> hose clamps, but the problem would not go away.
> I had two braded steel lines (with a filter) under the bonnet, both of
which I
> obtained from MOSS (6.5", 9.75"). These don't say petroflex, but have a
steel
> woven cover, with 'blue' stripes woven in.
> These hoses were purchased new, and were only installed on the car, 6-8
months
> ago. The inside of the hoses apprears to be rotting out, and the rubber
has
> become pretty stiff.
> Is this typical???, what kind of fuel line should I be using??
>
>
> - Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
> San Jose, CA
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