hard fuel line size?

[Ewan Hopkins]

Thanks for the info - I'll give that a go.

 

cheers,

 

Ewan.
 
> From: munrof at sympatico.ca
> To: ewanhopkins at hotmail.com; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: hard fuel line size?
> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:42:15 -0500
> 
> The hard fuel lines on my UrS cars were 8 mm OD. I replaced the lines on my
> S6 with Nylon 11 plastic fuel line using special compression fittings to
> connect the plastic line to the stub ends of the metal lines after I'd cut
> out the old metal lines at the front and rear connections. The Nylon 11 line
> is 8 mm OD and 6mm ID. You could also use 5/16" metal line - I did that on
> my S4 but went to plastic on my S6 when I noticed the metal lines on the S4
> were rusting after 1 year of service. The OEM Audi metal line is
> copper-plated and epoxy-coated; the galvanized line that NAPA et al sells
> doesn't even come close to the OEM line for corrosion resistance. The Nylon
> line does though :)
> 
> HTH
> 
> Fred Munro
> '97 S6
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Ewan Hopkins
> Sent: February 17, 2010 7:12 AM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: hard fuel line size?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> I'm looking to replace hard fuel lines on a '91 10v CQ and also a 94 80
> avant TDI. As far as I can see they are the same size on both cars. The
> dealer is quoting GBP200+ for a replacement. I can get replacement pipe and
> unions elsewhere but I need the size. Does anyone know the inner/outer
> diameter of the metal fuel lines?
> 
> 
> 
> cheers,
> 
> 
> 
> Ewan.
> 
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