92 civic si


the line going to the fuel filter is leaking
honda has discontinued this line
what do you suggest i do?

 

Buy new hardline. Bend hardline into the correct shape. Flare it. Done.

 

my question is this, cause i always wondered WTF i would do if some weird lines, as such as the op is mentioning, went on my car. Where would you buy these lines? any links? how would you know proper thread size etc? sorry for thread side track, but can this also be done with power steering lines that screw into the rack? where could one buy some new lines, bend/flare them, for the power steering to rack?

 

It's just aluminium or stainless steel fuel line. You can get it pretty much anywhere. Just get line the same ID as the stock line, and you're good. The fittings are also easy to find all over the internet.

http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS-Performan...53765/10002/-1

There's the line in 25" sections, you'd just need to measure the ID you need, then buy the fittings to go over it. You can rent the pipe bending, cutting, and flaring tools from most major parts stores.

 

since its fuel, and low pressure (in the realm of pressure), you can safely use compression unions as well, if flaring scares you/you don't know how to do it.

 

what about black nylon 6an hose

 

That's possible but is one of the most expensive ways to do it and creates unnecessary steps because you need to change the other fittings to AN (and flare those lines as well), when there's no benefit to doing it that way. The cheapest and easiest way to do it is the way NARC suggested. Buy a couple new fittings, a section of fuel line, and bend and flare it to fit. It's actually really easy, just a little intimidating the first time you do it.

 

ao do the whole line from the filter to this fitting in the picture?

 

Yeah if you have to replace any section of line, replace the entire section. You don't want to add unnecessary splices into the line if you don't need to. From looking at your picture though you may have to replace the other side of that union too since it looks like your leak is happening at the union itself and not actually on the hardline. That's something you'll have to look at for yourself though because it's impossible to tell from a picture exactly where it's leaking.

 

the guy i work with said we can just repair the line with a compression fitting
do u think it will hold?

 

If it was done correctly, with hardware that's made to handle the proper pressure, I don't see any reason it shouldn't.

 

+2 that actually looks well done, should be good!