*Warning* WVO question! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

grindMARC · #1 07-06-2007, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by WD8CDH

3/8" is the right size hose for those hose barbs. You cut the clear hard hoses off before the barb leaving a stub of the old hose still on the barb. The 3/8" hose fits neatly over the stub.

Ha, the greasecar approach! Personally, this seems really sketchy to me, but there are alot of installations done this way. Greasecar suggests you leave alot more than a "stub" of hose. In fact, they suggest you insert the entire length of the hose inside the larger hose. There's a thread on their first page of their forums about this.

muleears · #2 07-06-2007, 01:34 PM

FFF looks kind of pricey, $3K +install for a two tank? I can't swing that. Its 30% of what I paid for the car

More than I paid for my 124

I think it would take a long time to pay for itself. Maybe if I moved it car to car...

WD8CDH · #3 07-06-2007, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by grindMARC

Ha, the greasecar approach! Personally, this seems really sketchy to me, but there are alot of installations done this way. Greasecar suggests you leave alot more than a "stub" of hose. In fact, they suggest you insert the entire length of the hose inside the larger hose. There's a thread on their first page of their forums about this.

A very common problem with not leaving a stub is damaging the barb while removing the hard tubing and creating a permanent slow leak.