DIY plastic fuel pipe repair

In detail: DIY repair of plastic fuel pipes from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

The fuel pipe is one of the main parts of the fuel system of a diesel engine, and not only a diesel one. But since we are still using diesel in our work, then we will talk about this pipe. The stable operation of the diesel engine also depends on its integrity (in particular).

Many may ask: "Why plastic?" In principle, everything is simple, before all pipes, and not only fuel ones, were made copper at best, metal at worst. With the advent of plastic and metal-plastic (in everyday life) into our lives, automakers have also pushed all possible and not possible car systems into plastic.

Well, as I understand it from my small bell tower, this is done for several reasons. Reducing the cost, reducing the weight, increasing the service life, etc., but for me there is one more, and in my opinion, the most important for the driver - PRACTICALITY and convenience, and not only in operation, but also in maintenance and repair.

Remember how before? Fuel pipe burst or frayed, what should I do? You shoot and run to look for a Man who walks the streets and shouts: “I'm pudding, I'm soldering. ”(Joke) In short, I ran to a blacksmith or a welder, depending on where I worked, and with the help of his devices, skills, skills, and sometimes some mother (iron pipes rotten shamelessly) gave me a whole.

Of course, immediately run to the car and set. But after half an hour, you realize that the fuel system is again airy or fuel is on the street, and again all the running around in a new circle, and if there is no warm box, the frost outside is 20 degrees. In short, it was all, to put it mildly, not very good.

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Pros and cons of plastic

I touched on a little history, but now it's about plastic pipes. For me, it's even a very convenient and practical thing. If anyone disagrees, justify in the comments, maybe you can convince me otherwise, although ...

When used in the brake system, a plastic tube, in principle, has one and a very big drawback - it cannot be heated with an open fire, I think it is clear why and when. But we will probably talk about this in a separate article about the maintenance of modern pneumatic brake systems. But there is also one plus for me, its repair is carried out in a matter of minutes and without removing it from the car using a knife (hacksaw) and fitting.

But the fact is that today we are talking about the fuel system, and as you understand, the fitting cannot be put here, since it uses rubber seals for the hermeticity of the system, which, moreover, do not have the properties of petrol-oil resistance. But for any one, a Russian person cannot have a whole bunch of CLINES.

The plastic tube has run out

So it was with me. It's 1500 km to the house outside the boron minus 34, and into the salon the stove pulls the solarium evaporating from the hot engine. Just tin! After some deliberation, I turn off the engine and in the cold. I raise the cab (Eurik with a YaMZ engine) and see that the fuel pipe from the low-pressure fuel pump to the fine filter has rubbed against a plastic clamp and fuel is dripping into the collapse.

The whole horror for me was that whatever I took in my hands drenched with diesel fuel instantly froze to my fingers. Therefore, the decision must have come instantly: "I put the fitting from the air, and there it will be enough." Fortunately, there is a whole package of all accessories and fittings in the car and for any size.

As a result, I was able to drive more than 2000 kilometers and find myself in my warm box, and most importantly, with no frostbitten limbs.After spending a whole day looking for the original fuel pipe, I decided to go to the hydraulics and make a rubber hose with the fittings I needed.

Agree that with a copper and certainly with a metal tube, this trick, if it did, would not last long. And here, literally in a few minutes, the car was in almost good condition and I was almost not injured. Yes, I completely forgot, when I rented it at home, as soon as I moved the fitting, it fell apart. Therefore, I think that they are not suitable for fuel, but if you really need it, then you can.

A plastic fuel pipe is still not only an achievement of scientific and technological progress, but also a very convenient and practical thing in the device of a modern car. Finally, car manufacturers, installing plastic fuel pipes, began to think not only about their own benefits, but also about us, the drivers.

How to pull the quick release plastic fuel pipe?

It is necessary to make such a connecting fuel line, but I cannot pull the pipe onto the quick-release fitting, I warmed it with an industrial hairdryer, but the tube only begins to gather and melt into an accordion, but does not expand in any way, I tried boiling water - not an option at all, maybe someone faced such a problem ?

Cut the end of the pipe lengthwise by 1-2 cm so that the petals come out, which can be captured
pliers.

Fitting in yews. Work with an assistant. The assistant warms up the pipe with a hairdryer, you use pliers
by the petals you pull it onto the union. In this kind of work alone, the problem is
that if the pipe is already soft, then it does not put on - it bends into a polka dot. Here it is for the petals
to pull.

Put a “circular” nozzle on the hair dryer, which gives such a swirl that the pipe heats up evenly
from all sides. Set the temperature of the hair dryer to medium, because this plastic does not warm up well
and at high T, it will burn out on the outside, and inside it will be still cold.

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Guys, the question is now !!
What is the third pipe, the one on the bottom, is it gasoline vapor ??
in the service they poured it for me, I went for a year, now there is also a crack, I will also do repairs))
What happens if you ride with a fool? (loss of power or something else, rough work of the engine.)

Hi, my fuel line is leaking (or whatever is correct there).
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I walked around the forum, it was decided to repair (the price of new pipes is from 7.500 - a set)
1. We buy al. tubes from 2101-06 = issue price 135r
diameter as we have 8mm
2. We buy a fuel hose, inner diameter is also 8mm = 60r
Here's what happened, the hose swells slightly .. which is not very good !!
It was decided to replace it with a reinforced fuel hose = it costs about 500r (has not changed yet)
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I want to note that the tube from 2101 is much stronger, the wall thickness is about 1mm !! on VAG about 0.3mm, bends and breaks with one go, you can't bend ours like that !!

Maybe someone will come in handy with my advice - to repair only with a reinforced hose.
The one in the photo has a thickness of about 3mm at the walls, and still inflates slightly.

Option 2 (almost final)
Looks "like from a factory"))
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Now nothing is inflated !!
I made the pipes almost end-to-end, brought them close inside the hose and spread them slightly by 0.5 cm
Hose GOST 10362-76 (inside the hose is reinforced with nylon fibers, just like in VAG)
8 × 15 0.98MPa

9.8 bar (very large stock))
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Option 3 (final)
3 factory collars were ordered (put it on - take it off)) numbers N 907 683 01
those that are now will be replaced (LIGHTHOUSE, IMHO quality !!)

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