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So I am just wanting to hear both good and bad stories about using eBay dash fitting and hose.

I am using all dash 6 fittings for fuel lines and braided hose and have had no problem on normal 98.

Dash 10 fitting and hose for turbo oil drain - no problems.

Water feeds for turbo dash 6, the heat from the turbo caused it to weaken the braided hose causing a leak, only problem in 2 years.

Mainly after experiences as I need to upgrade fuel lines for e85 to dash 8 twin feed from 2 044 pumps.

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So I am just wanting to hear both good and bad stories about using eBay dash fitting and hose.

I am using all dash 6 fittings for fuel lines and braided hose and have had no problem on normal 98.

Dash 10 fitting and hose for turbo oil drain - no problems.

Water feeds for turbo dash 6, the heat from the turbo caused it to weaken the braided hose causing a leak, only problem in 2 years.

Mainly after experiences as I need to upgrade fuel lines for e85 to dash 8 twin feed from 2 044 pumps.

Is it worth the risk to cheap out on fittings for the sake of a few dollars? You're running a pretty serious fuel system there, so the car is obviously gonna be pretty serious. You haven't skimped on the quality of the pumps, personally I don't think it is worth cheaping out on the parts that hold everything together, even if some of the cheaper stuff might do the job.

This happened to a mates car:

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Fitting went on fine, but stripped when he tried to remove it. Fuel leaks everywhere.

I've used a few ling long fittings and you can tell the tolerances are crap as.. HOWEVER.. Torques UK seem to have their shit together, they're quite well built (I'm currently using all Torques UK fittings & braided lines for my oil cooler).

They're cheap enough, I wouldn't skimp on it anymore than that.

My brother bought an oil cooler kit last year from a business trader on this site (not sure if they still advertise, haven't checked). They had an eBay store aswell. We fitted the oil cooler up and couldn't stop a leak at the relocator. Took it to the workshop to see if they could fix it and they said that the fittings were unfortunately just poor quality and needed to be replaced.

From there on we went with Speedflow fittings on both his car and mine and they have been faultless.

No I mean AEROFLOW, we use it all day and never had any issues, plumbed cars front to back with it.

I have some ebay fittings at the shop that a customer brought in and they are no where near the quality of Aeroflow.

Hi, Ya do have to remember not to over tightin these threads as when you do this is what happens Re Top photo , Ok thats ya lesson for today ha, Jamind

I have a cheap aluminum radiator, exact same thing happened to the trans cooler fittings on it. No way did I over tighten them, they were just shit fittings.

I have a cheap aluminum radiator, exact same thing happened to the trans cooler fittings on it. No way did I over tighten them, they were just shit fittings.

Generally the fittings are softened by the welding process, did you lubricate the fittings before you tightened them? I use anti-seize on all AN fitting threads for this reason.

I usually have no issues with Torques UK fittings, the latest batch of 4an teflon braided fittings had a 30% leak rate, but a few extra olives had them working again. Good quality for the price, and he is more than happy to help with issues, unlike Proflow...

If you want guaranteed quality and operation go with the Speedflow gear, I just can't justify the price.

+1 for speedflow,

i wouldn't skimp out on cheap gear.

i've used chinese dumpling water & oil lines before without issues (but i ended up removing the turbo setup so they weren't installed for more than 6 months) but the fittings felt cheap and not nicely made, it didn't leak but it was eventually replaced with speedflow and never had the doubt in my mind that it was gonna leak.

do it right the first time mate.

Hi, Ya do have to remember not to over tightin these threads as when you do this is what happens Re Top photo , Ok thats ya lesson for today ha, Jamind

I'm aware of this bud. The fitting in the photo I posted did not fail due to over tightening.

Hi Guys; Re my over tighting statement, Sorry i did not mean to say you over tightened that fitting, I was just reminding every one about overtightening and using your pic as a sample, Thanks Jamind

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