Thoughts for getting a kink out of a plastic fuel line?
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Thoughts for getting a kink out of a plastic fuel line?
I recently installed a new fuel line at the fuel tank on my truck and the plastic line that connects comes off the steel fuel line and quick connects at the fuel tank developed a kink in the plastic line. The plastic line runs in between the frame and the fuel tank. I could probably get the kink out using a heat gun, but didn't want to drop the fuel tank again, as the tank is about 3/4 full of gas. Any thoughts of how I might get the kink out of the line?
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You can get a new line with the fitting on the end. Dorman makes them but i had no luck with the plastic line that comes with them if you have to bend them. I had it in boiling hot water and it still kinked. Replace it with regular fuel line. The line they use on them shrinks after you heat it up in water so you may have an issue with compression fittings.
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Replaced the nylon (plastic) portion with fuel injection hose rated at 6.9 bar (100psi) working pressure, that I got from AutoZone,
the only auto parts store in my town that had it.
Last edited by Ramchu; 09-07-2018 at 04:30 PM.
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Yes, steel lines until about 8 inches before the tank, then it was nylon line up to the fuel pump connector.
Replaced the nylon (plastic) portion with fuel injection hose rated at 6.9 bar (100psi) working pressure, that I got from AutoZone,
the only auto parts store in my town that had it.
Replaced the nylon (plastic) portion with fuel injection hose rated at 6.9 bar (100psi) working pressure, that I got from AutoZone,
the only auto parts store in my town that had it.
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