Questions tagged [fuel-line]

The pipework taking a vehicle's fuel from the tank to the engine.

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Rats biting off fuel line ( again and again and again )!

For about the last year, a rat (or more) has been biting through the fuel line of my car and last month was the 4th time now. We have two cars in the garage at our place, but the rat is bothered about just this one car in particular. I have replaced…
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Are bubbles in a gravity-fed fuel system an indication of a problem?

I've got a small engine (11 HP B&S) that has a gravity-fed fuel system, i.e. there is no fuel pump, simply a fuel line between the carburetor and the fuel tank. If I look at the short (~2-3") piece of transparent fuel line between the filter and the…
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What size tee fitting do I need for temporary tank?

I need to hook a temporary tank up to my carbs (for a carb sync). I've got a temporary tank with single 1/4" ID rubber tube (barb on the tank measures 0.340" OD). Of course, the motorcycle is metric, so has 7 mm ID fuel lines, and being a 4…
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Will my fuel tank empty if I leave the fuel lines disconnected?

I'm doing some work on the engine which requires me to remove the fuel lines in the engine bay near the injectors. I don't have time to finish the job in 1 day, so the fuel lines will remain disconnected for about 5 days. I have approx 30L of fuel…
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