Fuel Hose

[shif_tea]

Okay i thought this would be really easy but for some reason i'm having a difficult time finding some fuel hose for my R33 GTST.

I was finishing a long trip the other day when my car suddenly stunk like petrol. Pulled over straight away and found my fuel hose (near fuel filter) had split and pissed petrol everywhere. NRMA came and put in a new one but as they didn't have any high pressure stuff they only put in non-EFI hose and told me to take it easy and change it asap.

The hose on there is 3/16" and trying to find this in EFI has proven diffficult, tried repco, autobarn and supercheap.

Does anyone know if this is the correct size hose even?? Or is it actually supposed to be bigger. I didn't keep the old hose so i don't know what it was originally, and he replaced both sides of the filter.

Also anyone got any other ideas where i can buy some?

I'm from inner west sydney by the way.

Cheers

[silver gts-t]

supercheap has it..

u didnt look hard enough

Okay i thought this would be really easy but for some reason i'm having a difficult time finding some fuel hose for my R33 GTST.

I was finishing a long trip the other day when my car suddenly stunk like petrol. Pulled over straight away and found my fuel hose (near fuel filter) had split and pissed petrol everywhere. NRMA came and put in a new one but as they didn't have any high pressure stuff they only put in non-EFI hose and told me to take it easy and change it asap.

The hose on there is 3/16" and trying to find this in EFI has proven diffficult, tried repco, autobarn and supercheap.

Does anyone know if this is the correct size hose even?? Or is it actually supposed to be bigger. I didn't keep the old hose so i don't know what it was originally, and he replaced both sides of the filter.

Also anyone got any other ideas where i can buy some?

I'm from inner west sydney by the way.

Cheers

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[shif_tea]

lol yeah i did, and i asked the useless employees there too. Maybe just wasnt' at that store

[silver gts-t]

lol yeah i did, and i asked the useless employees there too. Maybe just wasnt' at that store

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maybe, i worked there years ago.. they do have the stuff.

get on the website and call the store see if its instock

[siksII]

i have had the same problems, the only places that you will get odd size fuel hose are enzed or pirtek so look them up and they will have what you need.

[Tosh]

you didn't ask for Fuel Hose for an R33 GTS-t did you?????

[Kennedy]

they didn't have any high pressure stuff they only put in non-EFI hose and told me to take it easy and change it asap.Cheers

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Might be silly a question but whats the difference between High pressure hoses and he non-EFI stuff?

[shif_tea]

non-EFI only handles like 100psi or something, the other stuff handles like 900 or so i think (not sure if thats correct values).

SW20GT - Nah i didn't ask for fuel line for gtst, asked for 3/16" (4.8mm) EFI fuel line. They looked for a few mins and said they didn't have the correct size, only had 5/16" or something like that.

I'll go back today and try again, if its still no good i'll try enzed or pirtek like siks suggested.

[BHDave]

It's 5/16s you want, NOT 3/16.

[FATAZZ]

i get my hoses and connections from...

Motorsport Connections, Performance Hose & Fittings

Unit 15/4A Foundry Road Seven Hills 9838 7272

[shif_tea]

Finally got it all sorted, BHDave was right, it was 5/16" i needed. Looks like when i got my 100K service done and they replaced my fuel line from the top of the filter to the manifold, they put the wrong size hose on, a 3/16" one.

This time i checked the one that the NRMA guy put on (the one below the filter, which is the one that burst) and realised it was 5/16".

Wish i had've read BHDaves reply earlier, bloody mech that replaced the fuel line must've been a dud.

Quick question, will the fact that the fuel hose was too small have starved the engine of petrol at higher revs?? I'd noticed it wasn't running as well as usual but don't know if that was the cause.