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Sprackers
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Firstly cheers to Imac,Stormtheuns and Steve. I took on board your comments and rectified the problem.
I would say that on the original photos the filter did look very close to the exhaust manifold but was in fact was quite a distance away from it however after what you said I decided to do the right thing and replace the old metal tubing completely and replace it with new rubber piping and insert the filter away from anything hot.
Steve, I asked for special clips but they said that the worm ones were all right. What is the difference between the fuel clips and the others? what can I expect?
The job took less than 30 minutes for those that are thinking of doing it and all i needed was my SAK (Swiss Army Knife) and a small screwdriver.
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Sprackers
I would say that on the original photos the filter did look very close to the exhaust manifold but was in fact was quite a distance away from it however after what you said I decided to do the right thing and replace the old metal tubing completely and replace it with new rubber piping and insert the filter away from anything hot.
Steve, I asked for special clips but they said that the worm ones were all right. What is the difference between the fuel clips and the others? what can I expect?
The job took less than 30 minutes for those that are thinking of doing it and all i needed was my SAK (Swiss Army Knife) and a small screwdriver.
Cheers
Sprackers
Steve Hennessey
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From my vast experience of repairing cars (although very much a dinosaur now!) when dealing with anything petrol related I err on the side of caution. The reason why manufacturers use metal pipes with small lengths of rubber hose at either end is for safety reasons as rubber is more likely to be damaged. Worm drive clips do not seal small bore rubber pipes to my satisfaction so that's why I use petrol pipe clips. I also am very choosy about the rubber hose and would only buy branded hose from a manufacturer like Gates - there is an awful lot of s**t rubber petrol pipe about.
I don't want to put down your efforts but if I were fitting a filter to a R4 that previously didn't have one, I would have retained the metal pipe, cut it as necessary, made a bracket up to hold a Terry clip and then fitted an original type fuel filter sealed at either end with short pieces of top quality hose and petrol pipe clips.
I had an underbonnet fire once that was down to my own stupidity in not doing the job properly by using parts that were not up to the job and routing the pipe in an unsafe manner. Therefore I want to share this so the same thing doesn't happen to you.
I don't want to put down your efforts but if I were fitting a filter to a R4 that previously didn't have one, I would have retained the metal pipe, cut it as necessary, made a bracket up to hold a Terry clip and then fitted an original type fuel filter sealed at either end with short pieces of top quality hose and petrol pipe clips.
I had an underbonnet fire once that was down to my own stupidity in not doing the job properly by using parts that were not up to the job and routing the pipe in an unsafe manner. Therefore I want to share this so the same thing doesn't happen to you.
Sprackers
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I hear you erring on the side of safty is paramount. I will be keeping a close eye on my handiwork checking for anything that looks suspicious and In time I will have a look at changing the clips.
I can understand if you had a fire how its a bit nervvy.
I am happy with the job and happy that I have replaced the metal only time will tell.
Lets hope that cleaner petrol makes a difference.
Cheers
Sprackers
I can understand if you had a fire how its a bit nervvy.
I am happy with the job and happy that I have replaced the metal only time will tell.
Lets hope that cleaner petrol makes a difference.
Cheers
Sprackers