Pic facing the front end near the side skirt.




Pic of fuel lines after rubber hoses heading down to the left driverside rear.


I need some advice on fixing these fuel lines. Its a slow leak in front of the rear driverside tire when running and i checked the filler neck and that looked like it might have been replaced before. Also checked the hoses. I think it might be only one line but the one next to it looks like crap too so i need to change both. Its about 3 ft length of bad lines. The rest looks ok. The two lines that are bad don't have compression fittings.

I went to my local murrays to look at the fuel line repair kits and didn't see anything that would work unless i use a rubber hose kit.

Is there a tool that can add a lip to the original line so i can add a compression fitting?

I seen they sell rolls of aluminum and stainless fuel line on fleabay and wonder if i should change the 2 lines completely.

Are they hard to bend without cracking them?

I'm not trying to spend alot of money nor do i want this car to burst into flames.

I got the car for 200 so it has a lot of rust. Runs good otherwise. This car will be my backup car.

So should i use rubber repair hose kit, replace damaged area with new piping if possible, or change both lines completely. Stainless,rubber, or aluminum.

Thanks for any help

 

Me i'll put all new. If one line is gone the others are not far behind. One less job in the future.

 

ok i just did this. Its just fuel and not brake lines too? Fuel lines were easy. The brakes were harder

Take off the driver rear wheel and loosen your gas cap to relieve the pressure

Behind the driver rear wheel get two vise grips, pinch the rubber hose shut with the vise grips (one for each line) leading to the gas tank and you wont lose any fuel.

I cut the fuel line up near the front where the line was good and took off the old line all the way back to the rubber hose you pinched.

Then i used a pipe cutter to give the fuel line still attached to the car a round edge. Then i went to autozone, rented a pipe/tubing bender, bought the neccessary length of pipe, probably about 2 feet of high pressure rubber hose, and atleast 8 hose clamps. Bend the pipe as close as you can to original. Cut the 2 feet of hose into 4 6 inchers. Slide high pressure rubber hose onto pipe and clamp down (one clamp on each end).

When all that is connected and clamped down tight, you can take the vise grips off. Worked for me.

Anyone see anything i may have forgotten?

 

Thanks for the instructions.

Hey Jruss1601 How long has it held up so far?

Is it hard to make good bends? Do i need a pipe bender?

I believe the lines that are damaged are the fuel lines going thru the fuel filter.

 

Well i ordered a fuel line kit from jegs. Comes with 25ft of line. Here is a pic of the smaller hose kit, should be pretty much the same but with 3/8. Cost me 100 bucks shipped.





Anyone know how hard it is it to run the lines up to the engine compartment. Couldn't see anything under the hood. I need a taller jack i can't fit my big *** under it right now. And i have to figure how to bolt the covers back on because i already broke a couple bolts that holds the fuel line cover.

 

Yes the lines eventually go to the filter. I just changed them last month so i can say they are holding up just fine, but its only been a month. There's no reason why they wouldn't work. Just if i didn't tighten the clamps enough it might leak.

I didn't take the lines up to the engine. So i can't help you there.

I cant tell what all you got in yoru package but the pipe bender will make nice bends. You can do it by hand but be careful not to crimp a line and it may not be as pretty. Its not hard to make the bends by hand tho

 

Thanks again i should get my stuff tommorow.

I'm going to pick up a ramp tomorow and try to get started.

I believe the other pieces actually will add a lip on the line so i can use a nut on each end to join two pipes.