Accidentally cut the metal fuel line

GERMYS_72 said:

Do you have a link to an example of that compression fitting ?

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giantpune said:

Here's the setup I use for my fuel inlet into my carb. Its a hard metal preformed line, and the compression fitting that fits that line and gives something like a 6an thread so you can screw on different things. I use a little hand held pipe cutter to cut the steel line. But it sounds like you've already taken care of that.

And pro-tip, the copper ring is single use. If you tighten the thing in the wrong spot, the copper ring is stuck there and you have to cut it off. I was able to find a little pack of the copper rings at the local oreileys auto store for a couple bucks. You can use those with the rest of the fitting to try again.

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https://www.summitracing.com/parts/VPE-16445
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/SDK-MGL024
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/EDL-8131

Here's the counterpart to my 5/16 one. If all you did was cut a line, I supposed you could use the 2 of these to get it back together. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/vpe-16455

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GERMYS_72 said:

I got the new Fuel line from NPD installed, and almost at the very end where it connects to the tank, I'm seeing this small kink.

Let me know if y'all think this will fly, or if I should check with NPD.

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Cleveland Crush said:

That kink will not hamper your performance; hook things up and run it !!!

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Cleveland Crush said:

That kink will not hamper your performance; hook things up and run it !!!

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giantpune said:

I mean... ford made the fuel line that size for a reason. If the car would always work fine with less flow, they would have saved a few bucks on every car by running a smaller fuel line.

I think day to day driving, a slightly kinked line won't matter. It may be a different story when you want to run the motor wide open.

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GERMYS_72 said:

They ship the fuel line bent in half, you have to un bend it in the middle and two or three other places, and it's still not fitting correctly and bracing up like the OEM. I wish there was another way to do this.

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Stanglover said:

Don, you took the words out of my 'mouth' so to speak. You saved me a lot of one finger typing!
Gear or worm clamps have their uses, but NOT on fuel lines other than for setup and testing.

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Don C said:

For those of you that have access to Animal Planet, the last part of this episode of Lone Star Law shows an investigation into a personal watercraft explosion that was a result of using worm clamps. It starts with 5:30 left of the episode:
https://www.animalplanet.com/video/lone-star-law-animal-planet/crash-course

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