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Hello all,
Well, I got my chrome plated brass hose barbs and coupling bodies installed as instructed on the mvfaq.blogspot site (http://mvfaq.blogspot.com/2005/09/fuel-line-fittings.html) and it seemed as though everything was going as advertised. Unfortunately, the test run still left me leaking fuel on the supply side hose at the tank. The high pressure fuel is leaking past the barbed ends on the male fuel fitting. The inner core of the Dayco fuel hose is not sealing to the fitting. I lubricated the fitting barbs and inner hose with silicone spray and the inner core is pushed as far as it can go up the barbed male fitting, but it's still leaking.
So, now what?!? I can't back the hose barb off that stiff inner core. The only way I got the plastic one out was to shatter it with a hammer and tweeze out the pieces. I'm considering a hose clamp to maybe help seal it. Otherwise, I need a whole new fuel hose I guess.
Any suggestions? I've had my F4 for 10 days and got to ride a day and a half. I'm about to freak out!
Thanks.
Well, I got my chrome plated brass hose barbs and coupling bodies installed as instructed on the mvfaq.blogspot site (http://mvfaq.blogspot.com/2005/09/fuel-line-fittings.html) and it seemed as though everything was going as advertised. Unfortunately, the test run still left me leaking fuel on the supply side hose at the tank. The high pressure fuel is leaking past the barbed ends on the male fuel fitting. The inner core of the Dayco fuel hose is not sealing to the fitting. I lubricated the fitting barbs and inner hose with silicone spray and the inner core is pushed as far as it can go up the barbed male fitting, but it's still leaking.
So, now what?!? I can't back the hose barb off that stiff inner core. The only way I got the plastic one out was to shatter it with a hammer and tweeze out the pieces. I'm considering a hose clamp to maybe help seal it. Otherwise, I need a whole new fuel hose I guess.
Any suggestions? I've had my F4 for 10 days and got to ride a day and a half. I'm about to freak out!
Thanks.