Help Source Fuel Tank
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1991 190E 2.3
awesome dolucasi! I know this issue will come up more and more. My advice is to preserve and recover any fuel tank exit fittings you come across even if you don’t need it someone else might one day.
i never took a picture of my new hose set up but I recovered the exit hose fittings from a used tank and kept my original. That is the most important part of the line it seems, I did try other model hoses since many take the same filter and fuel pumps but they are not positioned the same in each model they will kink or not reach at all.
I took my cracked hose to an industrial hose repair shop and they just removed the OE rubber and replicated the shape and length of it with fresh rubber and clamps on the OE fitting. It is functional and I haven’t had any problems with that part of the car since doing this last October.
i never took a picture of my new hose set up but I recovered the exit hose fittings from a used tank and kept my original. That is the most important part of the line it seems, I did try other model hoses since many take the same filter and fuel pumps but they are not positioned the same in each model they will kink or not reach at all.
I took my cracked hose to an industrial hose repair shop and they just removed the OE rubber and replicated the shape and length of it with fresh rubber and clamps on the OE fitting. It is functional and I haven’t had any problems with that part of the car since doing this last October.
Last edited by 190Efan; Jul 31, 2023 at 12:09 PM.
