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blue_mini
1st April 2012, 05:56 PM
Hi,
Im looking to replace this part
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/04/1568.jpg
The original is crimped over very badly. It looks like it is a push in fitting into a hard fuel line to the pump.
Does anyone have any spare or know where to get one and how to change it?
Cheers,
Joe

p38arover
1st April 2012, 06:26 PM
You don't specify for exactly which vehicle.

Have a look at this thread by akelly. Is it the same part?

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-chatter/147185-busted-fuel-hose-clips-td5.html

blue_mini
1st April 2012, 06:33 PM
Sorry its a 200 tdi 110 defender ute.
And yeah that looks like the thing i need. Think i'll be hitting up enzed or pirtek tomorrow to find a replacement.
Does the hard plastic hose stretch around a fitting? Or can it split easily?

p38arover
1st April 2012, 06:41 PM
Does the hard plastic hose stretch around a fitting? Or can it split easily?

Try warming/softening it in boiling water.

Graeme
1st April 2012, 06:49 PM
Heat guns work wonders.

p38arover
1st April 2012, 07:10 PM
Heat guns work wonders.

Providing you don't burn the plastic! :D

akelly
1st April 2012, 08:19 PM
Sorry its a 200 tdi 110 defender ute.
And yeah that looks like the thing i need. Think i'll be hitting up enzed or pirtek tomorrow to find a replacement.
Does the hard plastic hose stretch around a fitting? Or can it split easily?

Hey Joe,

that's a different part to the one I had problems with - is that the end that goes to the lift pump?

I had a hell of a time trying to find the clip for the fuel pump (tank) on my TD5 - in the end I got them made in brass. I'm now in the process of changing the whole hose set over to standard 8mm ID fuel line running inside an armoured tube on top of the chassis rail. This wont leave me stranded and at the mercy of Land Rover parts prices again!

I've dealt with the 'toughend' hose by soaking it in boiled water - this would be my strong recommendation over a heat gun. The water is a more gentle heat and you can't really damage anything beacuse it's gradually getting cooler, not rapidly hotter like a gun. Plus most of us have a kettle...

You wont be able to refit the piece into the line where it has been stretched over the old fitting without using a few decent hose clips (I recommend the NORMA brand ones as they don't damage the hose) and even then it might not work too well.

Good luck with getting it sorted, you're on the right track with PIRTEK. ENZED are a bunch of pirates!

Cheers,

Adam

PS - apologies for the Hendrix joke, couldn't resist.