By Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) on Monday, August 13, 2001 - 09:55 am: Edit

I want to extend my breather lines, but don't want them to melt/collapse in the engine compartment. Does anyone know what a good material would be, and whether silicone would be up to the conditions too?

TIA,
Dean

By Ron on Monday, August 13, 2001 - 10:07 am: Edit

Rigid fuel line or non rigid fuel line. Route them carefully and it will not be a problem.

Ron

Silicone for what?

PS if you want to do any projects maybe you want to go to the club shop day at Tom's on the 26th?

By Perrone Ford on Monday, August 13, 2001 - 10:13 am: Edit

Fuel line?? At about a $1.00 a foot!? I'd use good vacuum line at 1/4 the price. And if anyone argues whether or not it can stand the heat, have a look under your hood now and look at the vacuum hoses in there. Start your search at the cruise control and work out from there!

-P

By Ron on Monday, August 13, 2001 - 10:21 am: Edit

$1 a foot! Where do you shop P? Admittedly I used the scrap I had lying around but rigid fuel line is not that expensive. I would say 35-50 cents a foot.

Ron

PS vacuum line sucks as it cracks and you would get water in and not know it.

By Perrone Ford on Monday, August 13, 2001 - 10:30 am: Edit

I checked prices on fuel line a couple weeks ago when working on a problem with the Camaro. It was a buck a foot at Discount Auto and PepBoys. This was rubber line, not hard line. I didn't check hard line as I didn't have a bender.

Good vacuum line won't crack. Its that cheap crap the automakers use that cause the problem.

-P

By Kyle Van Tassel (Kyle) on Monday, August 13, 2001 - 10:38 am: Edit

"A problem with a Camaro" LOL , that gos without saying.. Vacum line is prone to cracking as it is not of reinforced construction.

By Ron on Monday, August 13, 2001 - 10:43 am: Edit

P,

Not like metal, they make this plastic stuff allthough rubber would work fine too. Also you should get a tube bender as they are not too expensive. I did my brake lines with an el cheap and they turned out great. Did not kink one. ALl it is a round thing with a handle.

Ron

PS I use fuel line for everything, wiper squirter stuff breather tubes etc.

PPS plastic wiper squirter line should work too

By Perrone Ford on Monday, August 13, 2001 - 10:44 am: Edit

Shut up Kyle!

Daughters car. It was cheap, her payments are $125 a month, its big, and relatively safe. Its a v6 so we don't have to worry about her racing. And parts are DIRT cheap. Bought a starter solenoid a few months back. Looked at the rover catalog to get some idea and AB had one for my truck at $89.99. So I steadied myself as I walked to the Autozone counter. Tell the guy what I need, he said I have a choice of two. One at $8.99 (not a typo) and one at $13.99!

When she is on her own, she can have any car she wants, but for now, I'll take these prices ANYTIME, and TWICE on Sunday!

-P

By kev on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 12:23 am: Edit

you could use the plastic that is used on garden sprinklers it it works fine $3.00 for about 20ft

By Joshua Bova (Jbova) on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 04:15 am: Edit

That is funny, I am paying $125 a month into a trust fund so even if something unexpected happens, I won't have to drive a camaro. I consider it a small price to pay.

-josh

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 05:05 am: Edit

Sorry guys - but the correct material is nylon (air brake) tubing - same as is used in the OEM app. Late model Rovers use 1/4" OD (metric actually, but 1/4" is close enough) and you can splice right onto the existing lines. You usually can get air brake tubing from an auto parts place - Napa, etc - BTW, nylon has a working temp of 250 deg intermittent and 200 deg F constant. Also make sure that you route the front and rear axles lines as far away from the exhaust manifolds as possible. For safe measure, I ran mine through silicone firesleeve when coming up through the engine compartment just to be sure.

Can post pics later if anyone wants to see

By Axel Haakonsen (Axel) on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 05:35 am: Edit

Any truck stop would be a good source for air brake tubing, too.

By JEEPETR on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 05:40 am: Edit

I was waiting to hear from you on this subject Bill }:^). By the way, one of these days I'm going to try and get you to help me put together a set-up like the one on yours, very clean and well done guys....

~Scott T.
'95 D-90 (JEEPETR)
'96 Discovery (New addition to the Addiction!)

By Tom P. on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 05:40 am: Edit

Ron,

That rigid plastic tubing is what I used to extend the breathers. I got it a hose shop for much less than $1/foot. It was 6mm or 1/4 inch diameter and accepts compression fittings.

The hose shop told me that they sell a lot for automotive ABS systems.

Tom P.

By Ron on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 06:00 am: Edit

Tom P. and Bill,

I think we are all talking about the same stuff. Like a black plastic tube that is bendable but rigid. I found it as fuel lines.

Ron

By Tom P. on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 06:15 am: Edit

Ron,

Exactly. Almost exactly like the stock breather material (at leas on my 96).

Tom P.

By Bill Bettridge (Billb) on Saturday, August 18, 2001 - 01:53 pm: Edit

Scott,
Sorry - hadn't checked this thread in awhhile - no problem in getting you the parts - just say the word - About $60 would do both your 90 and the Disco and leave enough leftover line for future projects.