Henrik

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Started car up in work car park and went for a little drive at lunch time and got a couple of miles up the road when this god-awful petrol smell filled the car, coupled with loads of smoke from under the bonnet

Pulled over into a petrol station forecourt, undid the fire extinguisher, jumped out and opened the bonnet, only to find a big puddle of fuel on the drivers side wing and the fuel hose to the (fuel labs) regulator leaking like a good one (straight down onto the exhaust, naturally). Waited for the smoke to clear and turned ignition on again to see where it was leaking and there was literally a fountain under the bonnet.

Cleared the boot out the other weekend after a track day, so didn't have any tools with me, and the petrol station obviously had no tools either (perish the thought of a petrol station selling/having anything car related), but luckily there was a tyre shop next door who let me borrow a screw driver, a spanner and a pair of pliers to sort out the leak.

Now running again, but the hose is way past its best. It's stainless steel braided hose, so hadn't noticed the condition until now.

Now ordered new hoses from Alyn @ AS Performance, who luckily had the required bits in stock


So, my recommendation is, if you're running braided hoses, do replace them every so often, as even though they still look good on the outside they might be crumbling under the braid. My hose is 4 years old, but it looks more like 15 under the braid

mr_D

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did you get the injection stuff though or the carb and i love the way you think your on fire but pull into a petrol station

glad its all sorted though mate

Evo Bizz

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If I thought my car was on the fire the last place I would pull in to would be a petrol station.

Henrik

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now now, it wasn't actually on fire at the time, just smoking a lot

it was also the only exit on the dual carriage way i was on

STI_Baly

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I'm just glad that the car and you are intact and living to tell the story and advise others

The Sheep Worrier

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I agree that these hoses do not last the test of time, im a plumbing and heating engineer and have come across a similar faults with braided hoses to oil boilers that have kinked and split!!!!advice as henrik said change every 2-3 years!!!!

dunx

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Not silly at all, they are one of the few places that are likely to have fire fighting equipment at close hand.

Obviously, given the product they sell.

dunx

simon57

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And scampi fries and red bull