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Fuel Filters and Fuel Lines
- ottothecow
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I figure while I do this, it is time to add a fuel filter and some clear fuel line.
Can anyone tell me what kind of filter and what size fuel line/how much length I need? Bonus points if they are on a website that will also sell me new air and oil filters (since I can't find them locally).
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Use only black rubber fuel line. Two feet should do it. 1/4" line.
Don't use paper fuel filters. Use scintered brass/bronze, or metal screen type filters. The paper ones seal up after a while and make you feel like it is running out of gas. 1/4"
If you can get the stuff at Z1 enterprises, they might have the air/oil filters too.
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Mine:
04 Honda rebel 250(wifes)
04 GSXR 750(bolt on galore)
98 CBR 600F3(filter, pipe, adjustable cam sprokets, dyno tune)
76 KZ900A (LTD gauge pods, crash bars, LTD(style)pipes, dyna coils and ignition,headwork and mild port cleanup by cavanaugh racing, K&N filter pods, heck I dunno.
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Which of these is the right fuel filter?
www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?item=MA2345-1
www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?item=KL19-1272-1
www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?item=MA2347-1
They are the only 1/4" filters they sell but they don't say anything about the filter material.
1979 KZ400
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Mine:
04 Honda rebel 250(wifes)
04 GSXR 750(bolt on galore)
98 CBR 600F3(filter, pipe, adjustable cam sprokets, dyno tune)
76 KZ900A (LTD gauge pods, crash bars, LTD(style)pipes, dyna coils and ignition,headwork and mild port cleanup by cavanaugh racing, K&N filter pods, heck I dunno.
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They are all good.ottothecow wrote: They've got the oil filters, but no air that I can see...oh well.
Which of these is the right fuel filter?
www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?item=MA2345-1
www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?item=KL19-1272-1
www.z1enterprises.com/ItemDetails.aspx?item=MA2347-1
They are the only 1/4" filters they sell but they don't say anything about the filter material.
The first one is a metal screen. That's the one I like.
The other two are scintered brass/bronze.
1981 KZ550 D1 gpz.
Kz550 valve train warning.
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Certain materials commonly used with gasoline may be incompatible with high-level ethanol blends, causing them to degrade and contaminate the fuel. Metals that have been shown to degrade over time in the presence of high-level alcohol blends include brass,(floats & jets) lead, zinc(carb bodies) and lead-based solder.
Nonmetallic materials that degrade when in contact with ethanol include natural rubber, polyurethane, cork gasket material, leather, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) polyamides, and certain thermoplastic or thermoset polymers.
The Ethanol in the gas has been reported to attack the glue used in gas filters, rendering them useless, as the paper filter medium is now coated with glue. It also softened the filter hose connection ends, causing possible failure, it may also attack the body of the filter, softening it.
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I think it may depend how much alcohol is in the gas, and temperature etc.
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