Thread: Fuel lines

Thats the liner in the old hose. You cant hardly get a fittin in it without scrunching up the liner. Go on BBC and ask Don from Europian somtin or another. He says grey line with arrows every foot.

I heard on the news today that the Guvment is pushing for E15 and a couple of states have stations selling the 15% blend. They went on to say that some car manufactors are saying the E15 should not be used and the Guvment is saying any car 2001 than newer is fine with it. (Guess the politicians know more about the cars than the makers??)
I know they have some flexfuel cars that can burn up to 85% ethanol, but mine ain't one of them and I don't want to be forced to use E15. I try to buy ethanol free for my boat, but it is too expensive for the car.
What is next?? I hate to think.

Originally Posted by KDAVID1

Did he think it would last for years with e fuel? Just way curious about this blue fuel line

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Yes, that's what this line was designed for..

Originally Posted by wilbur

Thats the liner in the old hose. You cant hardly get a fittin in it without scrunching up the liner. Go on BBC and ask Don from Europian somtin or another. He says grey line with arrows every foot.

Already did the research--read the first of the thread-duh--The pics were showing what the crap lines look like--but yeah the inner liner on the older hoses doesn't hold up for sure. I found out today where I can get the gray merc line with blue writing on it local--but doing the test on the blue since I got some now. It does have an inner liner but is supposed to be up to par.

Originally Posted by E-Z Poleholder

Yes, that's what this line was designed for..

cool--thanks EZ.

Originally Posted by SeaRay

I heard on the news today that the Guvment is pushing for E15 and a couple of states have stations selling the 15% blend. They went on to say that some car manufactors are saying the E15 should not be used and the Guvment is saying any car 2001 than newer is fine with it. (Guess the politicians know more about the cars than the makers??)
I know they have some flexfuel cars that can burn up to 85% ethanol, but mine ain't one of them and I don't want to be forced to use E15. I try to buy ethanol free for my boat, but it is too expensive for the car.
What is next?? I hate to think.

Talked to a merc service center yesterday and they said Merc did a test on a big motor with E15 and the motor didnt last 20hrs. E15 would be bad for sure.

I replaced my line earlier this year but did not remember what color it was. Went out tonite and checked and it is Merc grey with blue writing on it. The shop owner I got it from said it was ethanol resistant so I took his word for it, he has done work for me and is pretty good so I trusted him.
Interesting thing was I checked a Walmart and Kmart to see what they had and the line they had was not OEM stuff and was more expensive than the hose assembly I got from the boat shop.
SeaRay

Originally Posted by SeaRay

I replaced my line earlier this year but did not remember what color it was. Went out tonite and checked and it is Merc grey with blue writing on it. The shop owner I got it from said it was ethanol resistant so I took his word for it, he has done work for me and is pretty good so I trusted him.
Interesting thing was I checked a Walmart and Kmart to see what they had and the line they had was not OEM stuff and was more expensive than the hose assembly I got from the boat shop.
SeaRay

Yep--your got the good stuff. I can't remember it the stuff at Walmart is Atwood or something else--but if it is it is no good for ethanol so i've been told and kinda tend to believe em. Another shop over here has gone through 300ft this year of the proper merc lines due to motors not running.--that's a good bit for sure.