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Last weekend I pulled out my fuel tanks from the Cobra. I have one each side in the wheels arches. They are connected by a 3/4 Aeroquip rubber type fuel line. Supposed to be the best grade available. My boot had a nice odour of petrol, good for those sniffer people and I was a liitle concerned.

Around where the fittings screwed into the tanks there was some moist dust courtesty of Doug Pearce ( the dust of course). When I pulled off the rubber crossover I noticed that the hose was soft in places and had deteriorated on the cut ends.

A quick trip to Pirtek and the discussion which followed was what type of fuel I used. I said the good old Optimax and the discussion was that the petrol had caused the hose to deteriorate. It was breaking down from the inside. I then got told of a number of cases that the staff had attended to where it was obvious that diaphrams in Carbies, fuel lines etc are getting grief from Optimax. Three of the guys behind the counter all said they had changed fuels.

Anybody out there had similiar problems, Open for discusssion

Richard