REFLECTOR: Fuel Sight Gauge Hose

Jorge Bujanda bujanda at dslextreme.com
Tue Sep 4 13:11:28 CDT 2007


That doesn't sound good, John.  Anything happening to that hose in flight will be messy at
the very least, and could be disastrous.  I'll try Scott B's suggestion and keep on
researching too.  Thanks
Regards,
Jorge


-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of John
Dibble
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:19 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel Sight Gauge Hose

I have used this tubing to syphon gas and found that over a few months the tubing loses
its
flexibility.  Perhaps that is not an issue in a fixed installation.  However, what is
happening is that the gas is leaching the plasticizers (which provide flexibility) from
the
plastic tubing.  I prefer to use something that is not affected by the fuel.

John

Jorge Bujanda wrote:

> I used that hose (polyurethane?) to make the level and noticed it clouds up with water
so
> I assumed it was not fuel resistant.  Thanks.
> Jorge
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Scott
> Derrick
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 7:11 PM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Fuel Sight Gauge Hose
>
> I just use the clear plastic hose from the hardware store.
>
> Change it every 5 years, when it just starts to cloud up.
>
> Scott
>
> Jorge Bujanda wrote:
> > The hose of my kit's fuel sight gauges came rather yellowish.  Although
> > still not in use, this seems to have progressed over time becoming
> > somewhat darker and opaque.  Is there some other hose out there that is
> > resistant to fuel and retains transparency or are we stuck with this
> > type?  Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jorge Bujanda
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