Fuel pipe 30617311 V40 2004

[Clan]

Originally Posted by canis

Meh, it's just a pipe. You don't have to use their connectors, it just has to not leak.

And not to leak for the next 25 years can you vouch for that?

[Kev0607]

Originally Posted by Clan

And not to leak for the next 25 years can you vouch for that?

Considering the original didn't last 25 years, seems like Volvo can't guarantee that either...

[canis]

Originally Posted by Clan

And not to leak for the next 25 years can you vouch for that?

I can make the same guarantee the manufacturers of the pipe make, and the British Standard to which it must comply to be sold as fuel pipe. I don't know what this is off the top of my head, but I could look it up if I needed to. Plus, I would use stainless steel jubilee clips, which exceeds volvo specification. I found out the hard way.

Modern fuel pipe with metal corrosion-immune connectors instead of plastic sounds as good a repair as can be expected realistically to me and likely better than the 'original' originality it started with, and certainly better than a secondhand one with the right clips, already 25 years old and breaking down petrochemically, with plastic connectors hardened with age and likely to break when squeezed on. Yes, I can vouch for that. I have full confidence I could effect such a repair. And I have.