Blew the stainless-steel fuel line. (E85 Fire Hazard warning)

[TheMarkedOne]

I thought this would be an interesting post. But I have a very modified car, and I regularly go out to Mexico on the weekends. On the way back I smelled some E85 and popped the hood. Check this out! Guess the OEM stainless steel line cannot handle the prolonged pressure overtime. Will need to find an aftermarket replacement that can handle it. But for now, I replaced it with an OEM part for 150 bucks. Part number is 17520-6GP0A if anyone is interested but was told by the dealer to probably buy a few spares before any aftermarket replacements come about. Glad there was no fire!

 

[RobotAZ]

Looks like the fitting. Buy a Swagelok fitting and it won’t leak, ever. I design natural gas facilities with a lot more pressure than a fuel line and have never heard of a leak.

 

[TheMarkedOne]

When I inspected the old line, it was coming out of the copper seal before fitting. The new line what looks to be a thicker copper seal/copper ring around it. Not sure what happened to the previous one.