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Genuine fuel pipe shrinkage.

Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 4:49 pm
by Baff1960
Hi.
Just refitted the fuel tank to my S2 after some winter work. The 2 year old original Kawasaki supplied rubber fuel pipe is now hard and shrunk and not long enough to reach the tap despite only using premium fuel + additive. Looks like I'm going to move to something reinforced. I don't remember rubber fuel pipe deteriorating quite as quick back in the day but the clear stuff did.
Alan.

Re: Genuine fuel pipe shrinkage.

Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 10:55 pm
by Wolfie
The modern "Petrol" is possibly the cause of previously good pipe not lasting long these days..

Re: Genuine fuel pipe shrinkage.

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2023 5:09 pm
by Mitsui Spy
I got some nice supple hose from Wemoto. After just a few months I could snap it like a carrot and it shrank. Hose? Fuel? or a combination of the 2? Original hose certainly shrank in diameter and hardened after years of use but not like the problems we're having now.