Install Quick Connect Fuel Line Fittings AND Vacuum Line Fittings

[@CycloneCyd]

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[@simonuddin8493]

Thank you for your video and sub’d! I am a bit stuck as I do not have full access to the end of my line on my Kangoo unless I drop the tank. So after a few attempts, the end of my line has become a bit squished? Also, is a different coupler required for a return line? My pump has two joints; a green and a red.

[@CycloneCyd]

@@simonuddin8493 on some cars there is a hatch under the rear seat for access to the fuel pump. Have you checked for one? Where you must drop the tank (the Saab is like this) it is usually easy enough, but run the fuel as low as possible. The different colours are probably for identification. What matters is the fitting size. be sure to measure the spigot and the pipe properly to get the size required.

[@kred2770]

At first, I laughed about your method. After 30 mins of hustling, I'm doing exactly what you were showing and got it working lol. Thank you!

[@V8SKULLS]

Sir I wanted to Say Thank You, you really showed me how to do this with ease, I would like to give you a tip of the hat. Bless you and hello from the U.S.A, Florida.

[@wheels-n-tires1846]

Update: armed with your method, I found quick and easy success last night!!! The caulking gun worked great!!! The only small snag was the Ford lines I was working on have a rubbery outer coating, making the OD a bit larger, and the flaring clamp chewed that up a tad, but that's really a non- issue. So thanks again for the great info!!!

[@CycloneCyd]

Awesome work. Thanks

[@RJPhotographics]

Snapped my y connector changing a horrid 20yr old fuel filter on a 1.8 Tigra today. These techniques have given me hope of making a successful repair. Thank you!

[@lonewolf9738]

thank you sir..i made a tool out of an old caulking tool to push the fittings into place,,but had a problem pushing an elbow fitting into place until i saw your idea using a socket..i then had the job done in 2 seconds. your knowledge is very much appreciated by many

[@CycloneCyd]

Glad it helped. A friend in Powertrain told me about using the pipe holder from a flaring kit, but the socket idea was all mine. So I'm chuffed for you. It's all about thinking outside the box 👍

[@steco9604]

These fittings have drove me crazy. Not anymore thanks to you. Absolutely amazing video. 👏

[@troy3456789]

This is applicable to many different motor vehicles. I had no idea how to replace those without going to the dealership and paying through the nose.

[@CycloneCyd]

Absolutely. That's why I said the Saab vacuum line is the example piece. The technique and parts are exactly the same to build any vaccum or fuel line for any vehicle. Especially useful if you have a classic or other rare motor.

[@troy3456789]

@@CycloneCyd Your videos are gold, because you are knowledgable enough of to know how to explain it simply, slowly and clearly (for the dummies out there like me)

[@wheels-n-tires1846]

Great tips!!! Been a professional mech for decades, but came across a new problem in having to replace the fittings on a fuel line at the pump. I never had to do this before and just knew it was going to be a pain. But armed with the flaring tool and caulking gun trick, Im feeling much more confident about how my day is going to go!!!

[@CycloneCyd]

How did it go?

[@CyberBrySkyNet]

How do you get these connecting hose apart again?

[@neopolitics]

extra fun when the line is on the car still!

[@oldmanhads2043]

@@neopolitics im about to do this tomorrow, hoping my pipe tool arrives by then, with my fuel lines all still in the car. Fingers crossed 😃

[@pricepaid]

Amazing video! Been wrenching for years and always used heat to get these on, tried this method today and wish I had learned this method years ago… well done!

[@MrSpeedy99]

Cyclone Cyd, I’ve used so many of your videos to help me carry out car repair work. Thank you!

[@jrr7031]

This was great!! Straight to the point and no...uh "waffling" or "mucking about" as you guys say. I would give more than 2 thumbs up if I could.

[@KingfisherAbuGarcia]

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[@preamble466]

Thank You! Very thorough guide to replacing rigid vacuum lines. Your video camera is outstanding quality. Ironically I found this while also working g on a Saab (I snapped a line in half).

[@SuperKittenLvr6626]

Thanks for this video! Answered all my questions and concerns about making my own fuel lines instead of purchasing expensive oem fuel lines. My fuel lines are full of old gasoline, rust and other junk that can’t be cleaned out.

[@albertc5813]

Wonderful video! Love your way of teaching and your humor! Thank you!

[@outdoorswithunclesergey6293]

Thanks for the great video. Your advice helped me a lot 🙂

[@carolyntracytalbott5865]

This is what I do and have done it for over 20 years. Heat the hose or pipe with a heat gun and no grease or lube. You don't have to heat it up hot hot, practice with it a few times and you have it.

[@donv6039]

Thanks for the DIY tips on this. My son bottomed out his HHR on a gravel road and the steel line heaved up into and cracked the quick connect on the poly line that goes to the fuel rail. I might try just replacing the quick connect for $5 vs paying $70 for the complete steel line kit just to get the short poly flexible end line. And I had just replaced both the fuel and vapor steel lines last year after the old ones rusted up. You may have saved me $75 w/ shpg. Thanks from a yank across the pond! 🙂🇺🇸

[@daves4026]

Nice video. I had to replace a BMW 730d windshield washer line which burst in the cold snap in Jan. Stealers wanted me to buy a full BMW rail as they didn’t sell the connector separately. I googled the code written on the part turns out BMW use connectors used by the VAG group so VW AND SKODA have the same parts. So popped into the local VW dealer who kindly gave me the part. My trick is to use a couple of seconds of the small butane soldering heat gun. Works a treat the pipe goes supple barb slips on then firms up. Would not do that for the outer o ring type connectors though

[@harvestblades]

I've heard about the caulk gun tip which sure is better than using a clamp or vice, but the socket is something a lot of folks wouldn't think about. Great instructional, & a much better way than heating the hose. Also using a motor oil will also work to lube the fitting.

[@CycloneCyd]

If you use heat, you need to control the temperature closely. Dipping the end in boiled water can do this, but any kind of heat gun risks over heating the material and ending up with a poor joint.

[@SerJorahBorealis]

Excellent video, very helpful. Thank you kindly

[@NewmanAutomotive]

Very useful, thank you. You can also make this much easier by using a heat gun on the end of the pipe prior to pushing onto the fitting. Easier method to create bends as well rather than the kettle, but you need to be reasonably skilled with the gun to avoid overheating/melting.

[@daytrading9731]

M8 you are so amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. I always learn some new.

[@CycloneCyd]

Glad you like them! Your appreciation is appreciated 😂😂👍

[@Thejoker-zg1gk]

Absolutely awesome video man looking forward to seeing the next instalment 👌🏻😜

[@CycloneCyd]

Glad you like it. What else would you like to see or know?

[@Thejoker-zg1gk]

@@CycloneCyd did you ever do that video of fitting your upgrade intercooler 👍🏻

[@lmeisteruk]

Another top notch video thanks for making these. I've recently bought a 9-3 SS aero and found your amazing channel helping me sort the niggles. Very grateful thanks. This fuel line video will be so useful for my other Saab 9-3 OG where I need to upgrade the fuel pump but wanted to use this type of OEM pipe instead of rubber and clips other people use. I had looked into it previously but your video doesn't require the crazy expensive tools 👏👏👏. Great work 👍.

[@deankay4434]

Great information provided by your video and especially the PTFE lube. Many don't read an owners manual or get one with a used car. If purchased at a professional dealers lot, ask them to buy one and mail it to you at no extra cost, part of the deal. (Tech Tip) If you live where it freezes (0 degrees centigrade / 32 degrees F) Use this silicone grease sparingly on the door weather strips. This does 2 things. 1 is it hydrates the rubber seal, making it last decades longer and when freezing, it allows an unlocked door to open as moisture, snow melt, frozen rain from sticking it so bad, you could break the door handle or scratch the paint where you use a large flat blade screw driver or a handy pry bar, even with a couple or rags. Nothing spells enjoyment as standing in freezing weather trying to pry open a door the is unlocked and using a third hand to hold the door handle. Fun I say, but it is called for in the owners manual. That fat book in the glove box taking up so much room! For a car guy in the USA. Have a lucky one. DK, automotive ASE Master Tech since 1978, retired.

[@KingfisherAbuGarcia]

Hey this was super useful! The trick with the caulking/grease gun was very clever indeed. 👍But instead of the flaring tool, I just bolted two 4 cm wide strips of wood together, drilled a 7,5 mm hole in the center (for 8 mm nylon lines), loosened the bolts to place the line in between, retightened and attached it to the bottom of the caulking gun (the one you mentioned at 5:20) with two screws. I was fitting a 9,49/8,0 mm 90 degree connector and I put a few LEGO strips under the connector to support it, a drop of ATF to lube the connector, and it slid on beautifully! First I tried a steam cleaner to make the hose more malleable but the hose just collapsed at the base.

[@steveroxx69]

That was an awesome way to press them two pieces together thank you for the tip take care

[@oliverrojas3185]

Good props and instructions. This video did the job. Thanks.

[@CycloneCyd]

Thanks for stopping by. Happy to help. The pipe I was making in the video has been on my car since, working perfectly.

[@oliverrojas3185]

Glad your pipe is holding out. Over here, in the USA, the fuel pump died. When replacing it I fractured a fuel line connector. Prior to replacing it, it was trickling out fuel each time I turned on the vehicle ignition.

[@chrisstramacchia6780]

The best video yet for these repairs!!!!

[@jjward5561]

This was very helpful thank you. Several good ideas. A hair drier or boiling water can help soften these black nylon pipes and a hair drier wont get hot enough to melt them.

[@cecilveley5722]

Thanks,,, didn’t know what I was going to do, it went right on with a little bit of a good push.

[@CycloneCyd]

👌👌👌👌

[@KerbalSpaceCommand]

I had bought one of the tools to help press on the fittings, the stupid thing broke after a few uses, I still use the holders it came with. I didn't think about using sockets to hold the fittings, very nice idea. I would boil water and put the end of the hose in the water. Then I used the fitting holders, then I'm able to push the hose on with my hands. Some times I can get kinks in the hose but usually I don't.

[@PaulJohnson-lu3mj]

Brilliant video Syd, has to be your best yet! Thanks😊

[@CycloneCyd]

Wow, thank you! BTW, that reply about a prize was NOT me. Some kind of spam

[@mrobles661]

excellent walk through! Cheers from the US

[@throbinwood9911]

good video… very informative but strait to the point. I wasn’t sure how to recreate the bends in my turbo vacuum lines. Thanks for the tips.

[@CycloneCyd]

You're welcome!

[@cdlogans]

Thank you sir!!!! ❤ exactly what I was looking for 😊

[@rastaman7260]

Wow how amazing this video is I'm sure glad you made this video it helped me out big time. Thanks Sir.

[@SmoothBrain23]

you're a great instructor, thank you for sharing your time and knowledge with us all. I sure do appreciate you making this video, I was using my hands to remove the quick fittings that were attached to an extremely rusted fuel pump. the rust was so bad it prevented the plastic tabs from being pressed to remove. pulling with my hands was difficult but i managed to remove both and was wondering how i was going to push the new fittings into the plastic fuel lines while still in the vehicle. thank you thank you thank you

[@1996turbocamaro]

Hey thanks so much for this video - this process worked GREAT - I can't thank you enough !!!

[@lukascervenka6346]

Thank you, great video. Yesterday I have been naively trying just to heat the pipe and put connector in, but results were terrible. Now I tried your "cold press method" and the fuel line looks like it was stock!

[@anthonywheeldon1181]

Excellent presentation..used the same method to make a new plastic petrol pipe for our Vectra C Hatch..only variations..? I mounted the flaring tool securely in a vice, insulating tape where the jaws clamped the pipe and used my wife's old hair dryer to "carefully warm up" the end of the pipe for a minute or two before pushing in the fitting home...after a couple of bad kinks cold...Thanks for the advice & sharing....

[@1FACEFIRST]

Saved me with this little trick thank you!

[@lw6866]

Legend for this. Thank you.

[@Simon-bu4kc]

oy my... I randomly ended up on a video from 3 years ago dealing with the bad shifting on the Fiesta Mark 6 because I'm doing my clutch at the moment. checked out if the channel was still active and got this video recommended which is already my next little project for the old Fiesta in sight. apart from the soothing UK accent which fits garage repairs perfectly in my opinion your explanations are all correct (as far as I've seen) and there's no shortcuts taken or botches made, just lovely, old fashioned mechanics work 👍🤩

[@CycloneCyd]

Thank you, I do try to be thorough and accurate. I also like to show how a high standard of workmanship is attainable by the DIYer. Sometimes it is the "little things" that make the difference - for example, see my latest video on spark plug replacement, where I doubt very much that any garage does anywhere near as good a job.

[@nicolascar7922]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, regards from Chile

[@chevysevery3461]

a heat gun/hair dryer will help press the fittings in or a boiling cup of water will make life easier.

[@johnwyman6126]

A bit of heat, from a clothing steamer, warming up the end of the tubing helps a lot.

[@kevin-zt4ix]

Great tips Brother Frackville Pennsylvania USA

[@Brianbeesandbikes]

Very resourceful. Have you tried warming the tubing with a heat gun to soften / ease pushing on the fittings?

[@eliasfund8280]

Thanks a lot. You saved me ❤ beste Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪

[@dominusganikus2928]

Great vidéo,thanks from France

[@kalijah87]

Great video..Nice job.. But..i made one of mine on a Citroen Saxo it fitted well but there is leak again

[@RemyMartinVSOP]

For the vacuum lines only can you use 8mm silicone hose?

[@DOLRED]

Since you brought the tea pot into the video I was under the impression one can heat the hose end in the same manner and insert those fittings into the heated end. Once the line cools the fitting is tight. Easier than fighting the job with a caulk gun. In using this method to do existing gasoline lines on the vehicle, keep in mind gasoline has a boiling point way less that of water. Hearing gasoline sizzle is not a pleasant sound, especially when your face is close up--like playing with a maddened cat. PS--you can momentarily dip the hose end into the water but I would not boil the water. It does not take much to heat the hose for the job.

[@JohanElvin]

will the PA-12 line work in a in-tank installation? And how to go about installing this when there is no room for that kind of tool?

[@Vyydas]

Hello. Nice tip. And what to do if one if the fittings is leaking a bit let say for vacuum line after this job. Is there any way to make it seal better? Without taking it apart again?

[@minidigger1000]

I have a?I have a 93 2ltr turbo 210bhp when quarter full if you floor it it nearly stalls if you drive normal it's OK or if there's plenty of fuel it's OK any ideas I'm at a loss

[@mikeraphone6745]

Excellent. Perhaps you could cut some wood to support the angle bits and put that in the mastic gun or heat the pipe a little bit. I don't know as I've never done this . I broke a clip under my car for fuel . It's lucky that is a rubber hose as i would be in the shit . Thanks

[@garyvanremortel5218]

Don't use silicone grease for O-rings. The proper stuff to use regardless of rubber type is called Krytox RFE.

[@karbanatek99]

Very good video, thank you!

[@peterlogan1623]

very good video thanks

[@slypig24]

Great information, thanks for sharing. Before I order fitting, is the diameter of the solid pipe that the coupling clicks onto, being either 6mm or 7mm or another size, used to order the correct size part? Or is it the inside diameter of the fuel line the determines the fitting size?

[@CycloneCyd]

Both! For example, 8mm-ID6 = fits to an 8mm pipe (eg a fuel filter) and fits to 6mm ID plastic pipe. There's a range of combinations of sizes for different applications.

[@slypig24]

@@CycloneCyd thanks you.

[@doranvee5944]

Brilliant!

[@ghassanali8144]

Great video thanks for sharing this info

[@branko917]

I have a faulty fuel line connector on fuel filter (o-ring broken). I cut out the connector from the nylon fuel tube and now have to to install another one. The problem is that I have to install connector on a fuel line which is already installed on a car (I cannot remove the whole fuel line). I planned to heat a fuel pipe with a heat blower (200 degC) and then put the connector on a pipe with hands because I do not have enough space to use any tool (fuel pipe is to short). Do you have any kind of suggestion and is it dangerous to manipulate with heath blower at 200 degC in close proximity of fuel tank.

[@szieee84]

Hi cloud You please tell me what pressure it will hold? I try fix fule lines in my Audi but unsuccessful, there is 4bar running in it just wonder if that will hold;) ?

[@billymalpass2187]

For the 06 saab 9-3 what size pipe do I need for the vacuum and fuel lines

[@CycloneCyd]

I linked to some in the description. IIRC it's 8x1

[@billymalpass2187]

@Cyclone Cyd thank you sir love your channel

[@microfan9892]

Great video!

[@DougSims]

This video is about 2 weeks too late for me. I broke that exact hose you were holding. However, I found a full replacement for $35. Is it possible to remove a broken barb from these hoses?

[@CycloneCyd]

Split the pipe with a sharp knife

[@DougSims]

@@CycloneCyd I guess I should have specified "non-destructively" on the pipe. The check valve was broken inside the pipe, so I was trying to repair the pipe without destroying it.

[@CycloneCyd]

@@DougSims ah, right oh. You will have to cut the pipe slightly shorter, you'll never get that broken barb out. If the car is a few years old, there's a good chance the pipe and fittings have lost their 'flexibility' so fitting a new valve might actually be impossible. So you'd be better off making a new pipe from scratch.

[@stanwardoshiro]

Is it possible to use silicone vacuum lines to replace the plastic tubing (for the vacuum line you show above n this video)?

[@luckyguy600]

great idea

[@towarzyszbolo3677]

great help!

[@gernotskupin8472]

Dankeschön !

[@reggie1767]

Thanks you sir

[@Troy_Built]

I use hot water to dip the pipe in.

[@namenotshown9277]

where to buy online at good prices the connectors?

[@TuomoCimson]

Thanks!!!

[@GoatsThe]

Can I just replace those plastic tubes with your silicone lines from aliexpress? Or does it have to be plastic again?

[@weihuagao5883]

What is the tool name used to hold the line, please.

[@jasonfrenette7403]

You're playing chess. I'm over here playing checkers. The flaring tool and caulk gun for fitting fuel lines in genius! I've always used a heat gun and crumpled a lot of line by getting it to hot/ pushing to hard. The world doesn't deserve you.

[@dalemihocik4732]

Spoiler Allert: These tools are very ineffective for their intended use. Why, because "seasoned" line will not yield to comform to expansion and even if you managed to get a new fitting on, after cutting off the old one, the line is too short to make a leak proof connection. It's better to buy a new line or source one from a salvage yard than to spend the money on a product that is severely limited IMO as I found out through trial and error.

[@peterl2017]

I tend to agree, sometimes they will stretch to fit a new fitting but have no elasticity and it will pull right out.

[@victorkaminski1747]

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[@norris.7670]

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[@MrOikono]

First !

[@CycloneCyd]

last

[@youeweu]

@@CycloneCyd Not so fast ☝🏼

[@seifixnetwork4663]

Thanks good Sir, these car producers should be banned in the market. They make something and don't sell spare parts so we need to modify ourselves My car is KIA Cerato koupe spare parts are hard to find😢

[@carlosantoniogaetemoscoso1945]

👍😀🇨🇱

[@BPantherPink]

Great chnl... Liked n subbd !!