PSA Warning, J30 R9 Fuel Hose failures.

This is my concern - it's all very well saying a particular brand name is good, but as soon as there are fake versions around, how do you tell? Steering clear of eBay doesn't help - plenty of sellers on eBay are selling perfectly good stuff, and in fact many of the traditional sellers also have eBay shops.

Same for anything that can be faked - I'm thinking of adding electronic ignition, and thinking of Accuspark. But I hear of them being unreliable sometimes, and then when I push further I hear that there are fake versions out there. How do I know I've got a fake one or a real one?

Interesting, I've had the same problem as well, for years. I started buying Codan fuel line instead. Interestingly my 1990 Carina is still on its factory hose, which is in great shape, which shows the problem is due to dreadful quality rubber rather than the fuel.

I used to agree but I've seen many people in BMW circles stung with Meyle quality while others are fine. It's a shame it's got this way really but as always a few spoil it for everyone.

For this reason I didn't get Osram Nightbreakers for my sister's Saab off ebay; You only have to do a search here to see what 'reputation' they have. Hers have been fine and her cars runs with the lights on most of the time.

Sellers I've found decent on eBay and in increasing cases using them more than the usual suspects include the same peeps who have websites elsewhere like Merlin, Demon Thieves etc. include:

MLR Motorsport; he's not the cheapest I'd say however
DoctorCarParts; they're very good but they do have a website outside of eBay
GreenSparkPlugCompany
AutoElectricalSupplies; they're based in Kineton but only deal with customers on eBay.

There are some folks on them, including one big name where it would take alot for me to shop with them again.

Being in NZ limits my selection of hose brands and sellers a lot, which is why i went out further and got the original, fake, hose from the UK. I would've thought a company called Advanced Fluid Solutions, whose mission statement on their site says this



Would be trustworthy and wouldn't sell rubbish. I was wrong >_< They still list the same dodgy hose i purchased on their website, and never got back to my emails enquiring about the quality and early failure of my hose (I wasnt even accusing them of it being fake, or asking for a refund, just wanted information).

So many cheap knockoff parts for everything these days, its hard to buy "genuine" items without getting it direct from the manufacturer or finding a legit authorised dealer.

This unbranded hose has been around for years! I got stung with it when it first came out- bought 100 metres of it to use on fuel hose assemblies- used it on my own car and it fell apart....never sold any more of it, switched to using Cohline 2134 and never looked back.

Think Ive still got a massive coil of the curse word somewhere

I need to source some decent hose, it seems some of the sellers listed don’t seem to have it.

Only seller on eBay that pops up for the cohline or codan is ‘volksbolts’. Reputable seller?

Merlin have 1/4” and 5/16” Cohline in stock - 3/8” and 1/2” is 3 day delivery.

I pretty sure this is the guy who posted on VZI for years warning of exactly this when fake hose started to become more common.
If so I think he is a reputable seller who buys directly from the manufacturer, just from memory.

Just checked

Volksbolts is a called HairyYeti on VZI, here is a thread where he explains his source. Thread worth a read.
You can contact them direct via a link in his posts to his FB page.


www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=1217618&page=4