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fuel leak. where to get new metal lines?

Old Nov 26, 2010 | 08:09 AM
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fuel leak. where to get new metal lines?

so i got a leak comin from where the metal line turns into the metal mesh line. where can i get replacement lines? if anyone knows
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Old Nov 26, 2010 | 08:38 AM
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I usually replace them with 3/8" ID rubber hose (Gates AutoMaster MultiFuel because it is Bio-Proof) from the tank forward.

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Old Nov 26, 2010 | 10:26 AM
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why would you replace metal lines with rubber line? just wondering how that works.... but i think its leaking from inside that steel braided line and if i understand correctly its a rubber line inside that
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Old Nov 26, 2010 | 11:24 AM
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Factory lines are horrendously expensive. When I priced them 4 years ago the good guy price was almost 200 bucks each. Then you had to get the engine side hoses on top of that.

I just bent some 3/8" and 5/16" lines to roughly match, and used good diesel fuel line to do the ends.

30 bucks versus over 400......that's why.
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Old Nov 26, 2010 | 05:45 PM
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I've abandoned the junk stock lines and replaced with hose from engine to tank on a couple dozen trucks, no problems.
If you buy high quality marine diesel hose it will easily last the life of the truck and will cost a quarter of what the dealer wants for their junk.
Hose 5/16" return and 3/8" feed.
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