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Re: Europa-List: Fuel line

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Fuel line
From: Jan de Jong <jandejong@casema.nl>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2019 14:55:28
I bought SAE J30 14R here:
https://nickstruckparts.com/products/fuelhose-27314-barricade-fuel-hose

On 6/2/2019 1:58 PM, Michael Grass wrote:
> One thing never mentioned by any poster is the permitivity of fuel 
> lines. Early on Europas, as far as I recollect, smelled always like 
> fuel. This was due to the higher pemitivity of the R7 fuel lines. Then 
> later on this email list we discovered that the R9 apparently had been 
> fluoridated or other methods applied which reduced the permitivity by 
> a lot and the smell inside the cockpit is reduced.
>
> Best regards
> Michael Grass
>
> On Jun 1, 2019, at 5:54 PM, Fred Klein <freddythek10@gmail.com 
> <mailto:freddythek10@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Will,
>>
>> FWIW, Ive used R9 hose aft of the firewall which is Teflon lined and 
>> intended for fuel-injected automotive engines burning fuel with 
>> ethanol added.
>>
>> Fred
>> A194
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 1, 2019, at 12:07 PM, Brian Davies <brian.davies44@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:brian.davies44@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> Depends what fuel you intend to use. If you intend to use Mogas 
>>> with ethanol you need SAE J30 14R fuel pipe. 9R will do but it is 
>>> intended for fuel injected, high pressure applications so it is 
>>> stiffer and harder to get on the connection barbs. Gates Barricade 
>>> hose, available in the USA, is probably the best available with the 
>>> added benefit of being designed for low vapour emission standards so 
>>> you get far less fuel smell in the cockpit.
>>>
>>> Brian Davies
>>>
>>> *From:*owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com 
>>> <mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com> 
>>> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] *On Behalf Of 
>>> *William Daniell
>>> *Sent:* 01 June 2019 16:03
>>> *To:* europa-list@matronics.com <mailto:europa-list@matronics.com>
>>> *Subject:* Europa-List: Fuel line
>>>
>>> Can the group tell me whether SAE J30R7 50psi made by continental is 
>>> acceptable as a fuel line. It says it is fuel/emission.
>>>
>>> Please.
>>>
>>> Im guessing it is, but it is a good deal more flexible than the 
>>> stuff i originally fitted in colombia.
>>>
>>> Will
>>>
>>> William Daniell
>>> +1 786 878 0246
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