Do the fuel lines rust also?

[jb1dsl]

I'm swapping out my fuel tank because it had a lot of rust in it and was wondering do the fuel lines rust also? I have sprayed brake cleaner in teh line and blew it out with an air compressor. There is some really ugly stuff coming out. I wonder if it is from the really nasty tank or them. Whats the odds I get the lines to clean good?

 

[66StangFastback]

We did the same thing tonight. We filled the tank with about 6 gallons of gas then syphoned it until it until the gas came through fairly clean. There were some big chunks of stuff that came through, so hopefully we got most of it out.

 

[thehueypilot]

The fuel line is steel so they will rust as well. If your tank rusted out I would also replace the fuel line........ its like the pay me now or pay me later kind of thing. You can replace them easily with pre-bent steel or pre-bent stainless steel.

 

[Edbert]

Replace the entire line, you'll regret it if you don't. You can buy aluminum line too, either aluminum or stainless are better than the factory material (assuming you're keeping the car for another 20+ years).

 

[jb1dsl]

Can you put the line in without dropping everything. I know it cames as one big piece. It also sucks that you have to pay an arm and a leg to ship, oversize 2.

 

[krash kendall]

Buy some straight line preflaired with fittings plus a springwrap bender and make them yourself. The tank end is just clamped with flexable line anyway, so you'll probably only need two moderate lengths and a male to male connector. Shouldn't cost more than $25-$35, tops.

 

[jb1dsl]

Are you talking about brake line or what?

 

[krash kendall]

It's the same stuff. Just get the right diameter.

 

[jb1dsl]

Well should i upgrade to 3/8 now, if i go that route?

 

[krash kendall]

There is no reason not to seeing as your edelbrock carb has a 3/8 inlet.

 

[Edbert]

I used 1/2 when I did mine, many folks told me I'd need at least 7/16 to support over 400fwhp and the price was about the same. Mine was anodized inside and out.