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Off topic question about vinyl fuel line

posted by  TimeToBakeTheDonuts on  Wed Feb 25 03:51 CST 2009
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I have a non-Volvo (but Ford) question about working with flexible 3/8" and 5/16" vinyl fuel lines near the fuel tank.

Has anyone ever spliced this stuff with a barb? I have worked with thick rubber lines, but never this product. I'm wondering if I can repair the same way - use a barb and regular screw head fuel clamps.

This repair is on an old truck. I suppose using compression clamps attached with a tool would be better in this application, but if this technique works at all I think the screw type should work.

Thoughts?







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    Off topic question about vinyl fuel line

    posted by  KlausC on  Wed Feb 25 05:02 CST 2009
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    The screw type clamps will probably work better than the compression clamps. They are easier to fit, in any case, and don't bite into the vinyl as much.
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      Off topic question about vinyl fuel line

      posted by  TimeToBakeTheDonuts on  Wed Feb 25 05:24 CST 2009
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      Hi Klaus. Well, the screw type is easiest as I don't own a tool, and have the clamps here.

      I gather from your response you think I should go for it, as long as I make a neat joint. I was worried the joint wouldn't work at all, and gas would spray out. Don't ask me why. I just didn't want to make a worse mess than I have now.

      What I am doing is abandoning one of dual tanks on a pickup. The fuel pump in each tank has a check valve. This is how they prevent cross flow. But the valve in each has gone bad. So, the selected tank pumps into the non selected tank through the pressure side.

      I could add a check valve in both pressure sides, but both tanks leak. How many problems can a person have/fix? I don't go more than 50 miles with the truck, so I don't need two tanks. I plan to remove the wye connections, and eliminate the pressure/return connections to the paralleled second tank. That's what I am up to.

      Thanks for the reply, Don








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        Off topic question about vinyl fuel line

        posted by  KlausC on  Wed Feb 25 05:55 CST 2009
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        LOL Sounds like it is time for a better F250 :) Using chewing gum to plug your gas tank leaks is not the way to go. No pick&pull yards in your area where you could get a new tank(s)?
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          Off topic question about vinyl fuel line

          posted by  TimeToBakeTheDonuts on  Thu Feb 26 05:26 CST 2009
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          Very good guess, but it is a 150. Pick n pull here in PA means I would probably pull a tank as bad as mine. I bought one one ebay.

          I found out yesterday evening that the way these nylon lines are spliced is with HOT WATER, no clamps. That is consistent with what I see at the "wye" connections in the truck. You dunk the line in for 10-20 seconds, then press the barb in. I was trying to figure out how to have a heat source near the truck to keep the water hot, then realized any such source (torch - ha ha, electrical source) might blow everything up. At 20 seconds the water can't cool too much.

          I haven't found much on the internet about splicing these lines, which I guess means most people never have to. If I were fixing the truck correctly, I wouldn't either. But 19 gallons of gas will carry me 3 months with my needs. The next long trip for this truck is to the pick n pull in the sky.






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