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can a use a small amount of copper micro bore to match...
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My MOT inspector said last year "I can't do an MOT on this car because I cannot inspect the condition of the fuel and brake lines with all this recent underseal painted all over the pipes. I just managed to persuade him that undersealing the pipes was ok.
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Mate of mine in the village works in local garage and does MOT's. He wanted to fail a Range Rover once coz he couldn't see a break pipe where it went over chassis leg or something like that. But as this was only experience telling him to fail it coz condition of rest of pipe (and he knew the bit he couldn't see was in rust trap!) the owner protested and he had to pass it.
Day or two later the man was back in with his Range Rover with a failed brake pipe!!
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1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
2008 BMW Z4 2.5Si
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1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
2008 BMW Z4 2.5Si
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What do you mean "My fuel pipes are the rubber fuel type tubes front to back (were there when I bought the car) with no real issues".
I thought MK1 pipes where steel?
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Andy
LINCOLNSHIRE REGION - https://www.facebook.com/groups/467122313360002/
1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
2008 BMW Z4 2.5Si
LINCOLNSHIRE REGION - https://www.facebook.com/groups/467122313360002/
1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
2008 BMW Z4 2.5Si
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1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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Personally I wouldn't try to repair a feed line on an injection car with rubber hose unless it had the correct (threaded) fittings on the end and was of the proper reinforced type. Microbore central heating pipe is very, very soft. Wouldn't like to use that. If you're trying to repair a bad section then a large autofactors may have proper fuel line (metal) in stock. They should also have suitable fittings to go along with it. You will have to use a flaring tool on the ends of the original and new pipes to use the fittings. Alternatively a garage might do this for you. I had a bad section of front to back brake line on an old car and the MOT place just spliced in a foot long new bit using proper fittings.
The ends of my fuel lines snapped off when I took the pump and tank off. I messed around with reapirs for a while but ended up buying complete new lines in the end.
Good luck with it !
Mark
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They will be continuous eg from the accumulator to the filter -for the fuel supply pipe-and from fuel return on the distridution unit to a small rubber elbow next to the tank return inlet . Will be ready on Friday so will post some pictures of the finished product then .
Chudd……
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