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There is stuff out there but you struggle to get it in 8mm ID and 6mm ID, I know of a few on here that have swapped from metal to rubber but don't use vegetable oil which is where the problems arise. Over time the veg hardens the rubber and I've seen cracks appear in the outside walls and fuel weeping from them. I'll see if I can snap some pics up that I've seen on vegetableoildiesel.co.uk
I want something that's going to last and been doing a lot of research the past few days, there's a lot of people recommend copper but a hell of a lot more condemning it.
Not only does copper react with Petrol of which I sometimes add a drop to my tank for thinning but it also "work hardens" which means it's likely to fracture when under stress usually at the clamping points on the chassis.
I've been advised a better material to use is Nickel Copper or Kunifer as it's sold as. It's meant to be just as malleable as copper but doesn't react with anything and also a bit stronger than bog standard copper. It looks quite pricey though
I'm going to need 4m of 8mm and 4m of 6mm but they only seem to sell it in 2.5m or 7.5m lengths and no 5m lengths :doh I asked one place why and they said it was because they couldn't sell the offcut because it comes on 7.5m reels, I pointed out to him the simple mathematics and the fact that he had listings for 2.5m lengths on his eBay shop at which point he said he had to go and put the phone down :lol he won't be getting my business.
I'd like to just take my old fuel lines to a shop, and them make me some up to the same shape as my old ones and refit but without bending them or cutting them I wouldn't be able to get them in the car
So it looks like I'm going to have to make them myself and borrow a flaring kit from somewhere or just buy one.
got a flaring tool kit if you want to borrow it,could drop it in the post if you are desperate:thumb2