Bad luck or sabotage ??

[AndyH]

Was out for a beer a couple of weeks ago with the other half (the night before we went on holiday).
Car just back from the 900 mile Le Mans trip and all going well...
Came back to the car... the usual bunch of admirers and a puddle of petrol under the car.. :-(

Did the sensible thing and drove straight home :-)

Now 10pm (off to airport at 2am) and petrol now starting to seriously drip out of the car.
Short section of fuel line was the problem, so clamped tubes either side as best as I could and did a quick change.
Covered in petrol, but leak fixed..
Off to airport hoping that that the house wouldn't burn down during the hols

Back tonight and had a look... Photo shows two small holes in the rubber.
It's normal braided petrol hose... Been on for 7 years.

Bad luck or sabotage ??

[strat24v]

Could be sabotage. ditch the rubber, I wouldnt use the stuff, ptfe only. Too many rubber hose failures for comfort.

[turbonutter]

Could be sabotage. ditch the rubber, I wouldnt use the stuff, ptfe only. Too many rubber hose failures for comfort.

Ditto.

[tomsredstratos]

Looks exactly like a hose failure I had on my BMW. Replaced two short hoses by the fuel filter and 2 1/2 years later had it spraying out under the car.
The hose looked the same as yours. Cloth braiding on the outside and the holes are identical to mine.
Mine was made by Wurth and they have now renamed this hose as 'fuel repair hose' and not for permanent use with unleaded fuel.
I was told by our Wurth sales man this was because of a court case.

Tom.

[Cadami]

There's several treads re rubber braided!! A potential disaster ticking away.... I used braided Teflon PTFE throughout.

[AndyH]

Thanks for all the comments guys.
Sounds like a bad choice of materials..

A winter project to replace......
All mine are push on fittings.
Does the PTFE come as a push on option or is it all unioned??

[StruanR]

Yes I need to go that route. What fittings do you need to fit to Hawk tanks, carburettors, fuel pumps etc?

[strat24v]

AN fittings all round, ptfe too rigid for push on.

Yes I need to go that route. What fittings do you need to fit to Hawk tanks, carburettors, fuel pumps etc?

[turbonutter]

Its a big job to convert everything to threadded fittings, as you need to weld fittings to the tank/fuel rail etc, much easier at the build stage.
Definately worth spending the money for peace of mind though.

[StruanR]

Presumably you dispense with with existing banjo or push on fittings for AN threaded types. What is the solution for fuel tank pipes? A short length of push-on adapter pipe? Welding on fittings is a bit tricky with the tank in place...