VS fuel rail hoses

[HoldenHoon]

Hi everyone. I’ve opened up the bonnet on my VS 5L and I noticed that the fuel hoses had been melting on the rocker covers, they aren’t leaking yet but they have a fair bit of damage onto the hoses. Are there any replacements for them? Can’t seem to find any online. The ones I’m talking about are the feed and return lines that run from the injector rail to the fuel lines on the firewall. Thanks.

 

[Fu Manchu]

Are they AN style? Or are they nylon? Or rubber?

If rubber, fabricate your own from AN fittings and appropriate hose.

If nylon, the pipe and fittings are easy to buy. Just need a small tool that presses the new connectors into the ends of the nylon pipe.

 

[HoldenHoon]

Are they AN style? Or are they nylon? Or rubber?

If rubber, fabricate your own from AN fittings and appropriate hose.

If nylon, the pipe and fittings are easy to buy. Just need a small tool that presses the new connectors into the ends of the nylon pipe.

Not too sure to be honest they’re just whatever the factory ones are. I’m not too confident when it comes to clamping and customising fuel lines so I thought maybe there might be a place that does them?

 

[Draimond]

Zip ties, hose and clamps.

Not sure about the V8 but the V6 is a bastard to take the hoses off the fuel rail.
I've replaced all mine with 7.5mm (5/16") hose and clamps successfully.

Any mechanic "should" be able to repair. Many ways they could tackle the job... Full OEM spec would likely be the most expensive. Also unnecessary.

 

[Draimond]

Swing us a compressed photo of the damaged hose if you can please too.

If it's what I'm thinking, it can be replaced for under $50.

Tools needed:
• Fuel line disconnect tool (or a plastic silicon gun nozzle from Bunnings)
• Stanley knife
• Pliers, flat blade screw driver etc
• Spanners

Start the car with fuel pump relay removed. When it stalls you're safe to mess with fuel lines.

Alternatively, I'd assume a mechanic would have to charged a couple hundred.

 

[Immortality]

Factory ones should be the nylon inner with a rubber outer IIRC.

 

[Draimond]

Factory ones should be the nylon inner with a rubber outer IIRC.

That nylon inner isn't fun to remove off the rail barbs is it.

First time I removed one, I made an incision length ways and tried to push the hose off the barb with a flat blade screwdriver and ended up sticking the screwdriver halfway through my finger.
Since then I just hack the hose up into a million pieces until it drops off the barb.

Gotta give it to the OEM, them hoses are ON THERE, no clamps needed haha

 

[Fu Manchu]

Should be push inward. Squeeze tabs. Release.

Or there is a special tool that slides into the fitting, push, release.

 

[Draimond]

Should be push inward. Squeeze tabs. Release.

Or there is a special tool that slides into the fitting, push, release.

Yeah, I was talking about getting the nylon off the fuel rail barb tho.

I've had success making that tool your talking about. The correct tool works better tho.

 

[Deuce]

It's just rubber EFI fuel hose on a barb with a proper EFI hose clamp (smooth internal surface). Nothing flash, nothing tricky.

Just remember it's holding 60psi of flammable liquids.