Fuel Line Replacement for 200q20v

[Kurt Deschler]

You will spend more time, money, and effort installing fancy lines than 
replacing the lines twice with the 5/16" steel line and compression 
fittings. Also, the fuel lines will be the least of your concerns when 
these cars are 25-30 yrs old and they go again.

 	-Kurt

> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 09:57:01 -0700 (PDT)
> From: bob terwilliger <jitsu303 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Fuel Line Replacement for 200q20v
> To: jpinkowish at comcast.net, quattro at audifans.com,	Kneale Brownson
> 	<knealeski at sbcglobal.net>
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> That was me but I've since found out that you can also get a fuel-rated copper-nickel line called kunifer lines. (90 % copper and 10% nickel).  Easy to bend, corrosion resistant and rated for up t0 4000 psi.  Apparently used on Ovlovs since the '70's.  I've sourced it at a local hose and fittng shop so I think it should be widely available.  Cheaper and easier to work than stainless too.
>  HTH
>  John
>
> jpinkowish at comcast.net wrote:
>  Kent McLean asked this same question only 3 weeks ago, and here was the helpful suggestion:
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:21:33 -0700 (PDT)
> From: bob terwilliger
> Subject: Re: fuel and brake lines
> To: Kent McLean , quattro , s-car-list , 200q20v <200q20v at audifans.com>
>
> You can do it yourself with the hand-operated flaring tool, a tubing bender and
> alot of patience. The compression fittings do work but I personally wouldn't
> use them for brake lines..fine in a pinch for the short term but if you are
> going to be in there anyway--might as well do it right the first time. I've
> used compression fittings for fuel lines when there has been no room to use a
> flaring tool with no problems...but again it would be better to replace the
> entire line with as few joins as possible to be safe.
>
> You'll need to make double flares and/or bubble flares. My tubing of choice
> is from NAPA as they have a PVL coated line..like OE..will last longer than bare
> lines...avail in 20 foot rolls for a decent price as well. I also cover any
> joins with heat-shrink tubing-- after I've tested for leaks--just to keet the fitting from corroding in
> case I need to open it up again in the future. (Slide the heat shrink on and
> position down the line before you make the join then slide over the join and
> shrink after you've tested for leaks)
> HTH
> John
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 12:36:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Kneale Brownson
> Subject: Fuel Line Replacement
> I want to replace the fuel lines on my 200q20v. Already used the high-pressure
> injection hose type patch. Now I want to do a "real" replacement with a good
> hard line. I can't seem to find a source for stainless or for the OEM "nonrust"