Quick 'how to' replace fuel lines

[aRtiS]

Great explanation and representation to follow. Thanks!

[Fat Audi 80]

Cheers!

To be honest, they are all very good, although, I would probably do the wishbone bushes as I don't know when they were last done. The handbrake cable is good (two click to park), and the diff mounts seem solid, the car drives as new, but has a rusty subframe!

[Error404]

Happy to help if you need it matey
If you can be bothered with the extra work / exopense, theres never going to be a better time to replace the wishbone bushes, diff mounts and handbrake cables either

[Fat Audi 80]

I like your thinking, and that is SORT of my plan. I will probably find a subframe and refurbish, then once mine is off decide if that can be rescued and sold on or not. As you say the fuel lines can be done at the same time...

I am going to get the car up on four axle stands in the garage and take my time. My only real deadline is GTI at the end of June....

Thanks for the offer of help and moral support.

Cheers,

Steve.

[Error404]

Get another used subframe and get it PC'd or painted, buy or borrow a tube cutter, pipe bender (if you want it neat and tidy) and a flaring tool and some kunifer - then you can swap the subframes and replace the fuel lines in a day - job done

[Fat Audi 80]

Ditto, looks like I will be doing this sooner rather than later.

I now have the deadline of GTI at the end of June to get my self together and MOT the car....

Here we go again, and I've only done 2000 miles since last year.

[s2driveruk]

thats a great write up and one I will probably have to follow this year sometime

[mcandmar]

Perfect, thank you

[S-Express]

Stupid question time, do you have to flare the pipe for these connectors or do they clamp onto a straight piece of pipe?

The connectors come with olives so you don't have to flare the pipes.
I did flare the ends that went into the existing rubber pipes from the tank, but it probably wasn't necessary

[mcandmar]

They're WADE connectors which apparently are the best, I was informed that these little beauties will with stand huge pressures and are not poor quality like a lot of the cr*p you can get if you just go to a plumbers merchants. They were about £1.50 each.

Stupid question time, do you have to flare the pipe for these connectors or do they clamp onto a straight piece of pipe?

[S2central.net]

Looking at this again in light of Jamo's recent troubles... Only lil tip I would add when making up fuel lines like this is to give them a good purge with compressed air before fitment. As clean as you can try to be when cutting and filing that tubing - its really easy to get swarf down the pipe - and these pipes are AFTER the fuel filter on a B3 or B4 so consider that before hooking them up.

It was something I was taught when making up brake pipes for the first time - somewhere in the dark ages...

[4WheelDrifter]

Thanks for that little write-up. I've got that job to do pretty soon, and it's always nice to have a preview of what exactly needs doing.

[S2central.net]

Nice work Alex

[PeteRR]

Excellent, cheers Alex.

[S-Express]

8mm pipe was from Partco (Part of Unipart) but any motor factors will have the stuff.
Connectors were harder to find.
You need to find a dealer who supplies Flowtech stuff (http://www.flowtech.co.uk)
Usually an engineering supplier.
I used a company called North Wales Control based near Chester (01244812828) but I'm sure if youy contact Flowtech (08454561222) they will give you your nearest stockist.
Get yourself a Flowtech catalogue too - you'll be amazed at what you can get!

p.s. if you use NW Control - tell 'em you want the ones they supplied to 'Alex at Vannplastic'.