Steel Fuel line replacement? To buy pre made or make your ow

[Shiz]

As described, any body recommend best way going about replacing the steel fuel lines. Dealers is looking £90 for the feed and return line, which I thought was quite expensive for two metal lines. However it seems like a hassle to make up your own as the two ends need crimped / flared?.

Any help / advice / or suggestions welcome.

Thank you

[KW355]

I am changing my fuel line as a winter project,( my set up only needs the feed line ) I have brought the bmw one for £40 after discount, it has 12 bends in it so would not be easy to replicate, also as you say you need to flare the ends.
Also the new one is powder coated. You will probably need to replace at least some of the mounting clips as well due to breakage on removal.

[ajay]

Buying new pre bent from the dealer is your best & cheapest bet, i have recently made all my lines ( custom brake & fuel), as my whole set up is non standard this was not an option for me. The cost of the steel lines,tools, mistakes & time taken to get a factory look is by far more expensive!
Here's mine.

[87mtech27]

Looks very OEM Andy

[ajay]

Yeah cheers, except i have one fuel line ( same as Keith's v10)instead of two & two seperate rear brake lines instead of one. a‘aaa»

[bss325i]

Where did you get the green steel pipes from Andy as the replacement ones from BMW are black?

[ajay]

There from one of Demlotcrew's suppliers, good quality stuff.

[reggid]

what material are the lines? can you get stainless easy enough?

[ajay]

I used steel under the car, yes stainless is available (at a whopping premium) but you better have bending & flaring tools capable of terminating such hard material.

[Shiz]

Andy, took your advice and went to ring the dealers today, but unfortunately someone got there before me and got the last fuel lines. Have you a link to the guy that supplied your fuel lines, it looks like I am going to have to make them up myself. Also how did you manage to crimp / flare the ends ? Any links to that particular tool would be great.

[steve_k]

i'm probably wrong by a country mile but would it be possible to use braided stainless steel??

i know it would cost a lot more but is it doable??

[Grrrmachine]

Is there any technical reason not to use copper/kunifer for this situation? Easy to bend, easy to flare, no rust, and even available with a rubberised coating if you use the LPG stuff.

[KW355]

[quote="Shiz"]Andy, took your advice and went to ring the dealers today, but unfortunately someone got there before me and got the last fuel lines.

I only brought my fuel line a few weeks ago, are they making any more?

[Brianmoooore]

Is there any technical reason not to use copper/kunifer for this situation?

None whatsoever, and I have used this on several occasions. Job done for life.

[DanThe]

Kunifer outlasts steel and copper, and you don't have to get under the car to oil it every year or two

[BHadley]

Any link to a flaring tool? It's on my list to do too....