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Old 03-30-2004, 07:47 PM
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Is this really that hard to understand? The leaking does not come from the fittings. It comes from right through the steel braid. You don't know this is happening because up until the moment the line finally fails everything looks great. It's not leaky fittings or the lines flexing too much or chafing of the braided line or high fuel pressures. The inside of the line deteriorates from fuel over time and finally fails. Back when all my friends were experiencing braided line failures we decided to dissect some of the leaking lines to see what was going on inside. What we found was (surprise!) deteriorated inner linings throughout. You have two options, either wait to see if or when the line finally fails or upgrade to another type of fuel line and have peace of mind that you won't be happily motoring down the highway and suddenly your cars fuel system begins spraying fuel everywhere resembling a high octane lawn sprinkler system.
You know what, I never had this problem with any of my cars but I think thats because most of the cars I built I sold off within a 1-2 year span. But after witnessing others with this problem I took heed.

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