Good fuel line

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Freestyleriverrat

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I am not sure what fuel line I got on ebay last time but is was horrible. Not even a full season on it and that orange hose shrunk and got really hard. Installed new lines today and hopefully they are a better quality. Is there a name brand hose that is descent. Does not have to be clear just durabe.
 

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delagem

Knucklehead Extrordinaire
Location
Homer, NY
My personal favorite fuel line is called Tygon. Yellow, clear stuff. Only problem with it is you need special sized hose clamps, if you like the clip style like I do. The 9/16" clips(I think that's the size?) fit the 1/2" hose really well, but are hard to find. If you like worm gear clamps it's not an issue.

Get it by the 50' box from McMaster Carr for about $1 a foot, or get ripped off by NAPA at $4 a foot....
 
SuperJETT

SuperJETT

So long and thanks for all the fish
Location
none
Pep Boys fuel line is what I use, $10 for 20 feet I think, zip ties work real well on it, very flexible.
 
romack991

romack991

homebrewed
Location
Warsaw, IN
delagem said:
My personal favorite fuel line is called Tygon. Yellow, clear stuff. Only problem with it is you need special sized hose clamps, if you like the clip style like I do. The 9/16" clips(I think that's the size?) fit the 1/2" hose really well, but are hard to find. If you like worm gear clamps it's not an issue.

Get it by the 50' box from McMaster Carr for about $1 a foot, or get ripped off by NAPA at $4 a foot....
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I got some tygon for my primer lines. Heres a good deal place to buy

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pr...=USPlastic&category_name=7510&product_id=7945

My blue hose from magoo is still holding up, he recommended replacing it after a season.
 
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njfl

X-H2
Concerning any of the clear/colered (non-Tygon) line, it usually all discolors within a season, but I haven't seen it harden within a season. That takes about two seasons.

The green OEM is the best in my opinion, but it doesn't look as nice. I just replace on a seasonal basis to keep the nice looking lines.

Tygon is chemical laboratory tubing and is quite resistant to fuel and heat (as far as heat transforming/hardening it).

I've heard that soft fuel line should not be used for pulse lines because it absorbs the pulses and weakens the pump signal. I don't know if the eBay lines fall into that category, but certainly Tygon is way too soft for pulse line.
 
ANT

ANT

Just ride
Location
Sea Isle City, NJ
Riva sells rolls of fuel line. You can also get a 25Ft roll of blue line from Hot Products, I did and it looks cool and you don't have to use hose clamps like that thick braided line.
 
ski4

ski4

gonzo
Location
cleveland
njfl said:
Concerning any of the clear/colered (non-Tygon) line, it usually all discolors within a season, but I haven't seen it harden within a season. That takes about two seasons.

The green OEM is the best in my opinion, but it doesn't look as nice. I just replace on a seasonal basis to keep the nice looking lines.

Tygon is chemical laboratory tubing and is quite resistant to fuel and heat (as far as heat transforming/hardening it).

I've heard that soft fuel line should not be used for pulse lines because it absorbs the pulses and weakens the pump signal. I don't know if the eBay lines fall into that category, but certainly Tygon is way too soft for pulse line.
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tygon has several types of lines, fuel and non fuel resistant from what i have read
i am using some blue stuff form fuel line guy on ebay
IT BLOWS
did not last 2 months let alone 2 years, got milky white in color and hard as a rock.
this has happened with blue before. i asked him if this would happen. he was like " no my line has plasticizers to prevent that" bah
oem next time for me
 
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