Bryan,
It's probably rubber inside and the MBTE in the California gas has eaten
the
rubber.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
P.S. For those of you with S.U.'s, replace the rubber O-ring seals in the jet
assembly with the original cork for this reason.
Bryan Vandiver wrote:
> 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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