upgraded fuel lines

[ash23]

hey guys I know a few have stuck 10mm lines in now im just after advice on were you ran the line and length needed? any additional parts ect just got pirtek coming to work tomorrow so was going to get everything while I can

thanks ash

[Chris_90]

Landrover fuel filter head with 10mm banjos you'll want 10mm banjo for pump length I'd say 4m should be enough but 5m to be safe always nice to have more than run out, then bolt it on

[ash23]

cheers mate any links to banjos ect?

[Dum-Dum]

You want 5m of fuel pipe mate. I used a little under 4m of black rubber and a little under 1m of braided PVC to do mine.

You'll need a banjo for the bosch pump but i can't for the life of me remember the size of the thread.

[Tom]

M14x1.5 maybe? Rings a bell for some reason... Run it through the car, nothing better than telling passengers to mind the fuel line. That or just cable tie it under the car to the original fuel lines... Or if you want to do a really proper job buy a load of those P clips and mount them to the bottom of the car.

[Danny2009]

What's benefit of 10mm fuel hoses and what size is standard

[Chris_90]

cheers mate any links to banjos ect?

I haven't mate I bought a load of twin tank bits for vento and mine all come with that.

M14x1.5 maybe? Rings a bell for some reason... Run it through the car, nothing better than telling passengers to mind the fuel line. That or just cable tie it under the car to the original fuel lines... Or if you want to do a really proper job buy a load of those P clips and mount them to the bottom of the car.

I want some them p clips but Carnt find them were can i get them from?

What's benefit of 10mm fuel hoses and what size is standard

Less restriction I belive.

[Dum-Dum]

8mm feed is standard (I don't think anyone replaces the return line that is 6mm) The benefit is less restriction for the fuel. IIRC 10mm hose has about a 1/4 or 1/3 larger CS area

I just cabled mine under the car, used about 30+ cable ties.

[nominous]

FWIW. In my passat I'm going to upgrade the 8mm fuel line with 15mm PEX plumbing pipe.
Including the tank pickup. Run inside the car.
Cheap. Veg resistant. Wont see any heat. Internally will keep it reasonably warm - not that it matters much with 15mm bore
Then go down to 10mm high temp in the bay.

[Chris_90]

FWIW. In my passat I'm going to upgrade the 8mm fuel line with 15mm PEX plumbing pipe.
Including the tank pickup. Run inside the car.
Cheap. Veg resistant. Wont see any heat. Internally will keep it reasonably warm - not that it matters much with 15mm bore
Then go down to 10mm high temp in the bay.

I wanna see pics when this happens

[nominous]

I'll dig out some pics of the previous setup with the added electrical heater.
Made a big difference to winter us, but TBH, the biggest problem with the passat is the 100K I've stuck on it since I bought it, all on veg.
It needs injectors, they might well be the originals. It's on 216K right now
Parked up, ready to be stripped and replacing all sorts of stuff. - timing, coolant, water pump, thermo, temp sensor, all fuel lines, fitler head, IP mods, etc.

Rocking ma 306xrdt now.
I'll likely post a project thread for the 306, even if it's going to end up with Honda content

[Tom]

You can get them on ebay... my local hydraulics place sells them aswell

I would recommend 10mm lines to anyone with an XUD. Make a good difference tbh, especially if your chasing rpms.