Fuel line

steplift20 · #1 10-13-2015, 08:19 PM

Is there a differance between fuel line you get at auto zone and marine fuel line the reason is the price my friend bought 10 feet of fuel line fron auto zone for about ten dollars and marine fuel line goes for about 4 dollars a foot Big differance I told him to get the marine line Fuel is fuel from a car or boat what's the differance Thanks

spareparts · #2 10-13-2015, 08:53 PM

big difference, we just covered it in another thread(cant remeber what it was called), but look on line, I think ebasicpower.com and Jamestown distributors had the best price. Use A! for inboard/sterndrives. B1 for outboards

jetblue319 · #3 10-18-2015, 11:06 PM

Auto fuel line is not USCG APPROVE, and you risk a fire and liability in your boat. Marine fuel supply line is has reinforce steel, impregnated into IT.(like a radial tire). Fuel vent line i believe is not, but that is also USCG approved. New fuel line from tank to engine does not appear to be USCG APPROVED, JUST EPA for the ethanol fuel. hope this helps,

THEFERMANATOR · #4 10-18-2015, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jetblue319

Auto fuel line is not USCG APPROVE, and you risk a fire and liability in your boat. Marine fuel supply line is has reinforce steel, impregnated into IT.(like a radial tire). Fuel vent line i believe is not, but that is also USCG approved. New fuel line from tank to engine does not appear to be USCG APPROVED, JUST EPA for the ethanol fuel. hope this helps,

There is no steel impregnated into it. I've got plenty out in the shop I can go cut and take a pic of for you. It does have an extra layer of rubber, and normally a layer of nylon between them for fire protection.

scook · #5 10-19-2015, 01:29 AM

Search ebasicpower for "fuel hose" and click "Fuel/Feed Vent Hose" near the bottom left on the page. When I checked a while back, it was about half the price the want at West Marine.

smokeonthewater · #6 10-19-2015, 01:53 AM

Ferm.. I believe he was thinking of fuel fill hose with wire reenforcement.

Either way this is last year's question lol.

THEFERMANATOR · #7 10-19-2015, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by smokeonthewater

Ferm.. I believe he was thinking of fuel fill hose with wire reenforcement.

Either way this is last year's question lol.

Those are yes, but that is to prevent it from kinking in the bends.