FastEddieB
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Fast Eddie B
I’m about to get started on my 5-year rubber parts replacement on my Sky Arrow’s ROTAX 912.
Fuel lines are straightforward enough I can do them myself, as I did last time. Planning to get help on the other rubber parts.
If you switch to Teflon fuel lines, the 5-year replacement requirement for at least those lines goes away, so it seems like a good option.
I have a friend with an RV12 who made the change. But it was a custom kit for an RV12, and was around $600, involving lots of custom fittings. Too rich for my taste just to avoid a few hours of work every 5 years.
His source: https://www.tsflightlines.com/home.html
Looks very slick on his plane, but again, that’s a lot of money.
Question: can one just buy Teflon hose, cut it to size and use stock fittings and hose clamps? I think I read that Teflon lines and barbed fittings don’t mix, so I’d have to track down how many of those I have and replace them with “end bead” fittings.
Or am I missing something fundamental here?
Fuel lines are straightforward enough I can do them myself, as I did last time. Planning to get help on the other rubber parts.
If you switch to Teflon fuel lines, the 5-year replacement requirement for at least those lines goes away, so it seems like a good option.
I have a friend with an RV12 who made the change. But it was a custom kit for an RV12, and was around $600, involving lots of custom fittings. Too rich for my taste just to avoid a few hours of work every 5 years.
His source: https://www.tsflightlines.com/home.html
Looks very slick on his plane, but again, that’s a lot of money.
Question: can one just buy Teflon hose, cut it to size and use stock fittings and hose clamps? I think I read that Teflon lines and barbed fittings don’t mix, so I’d have to track down how many of those I have and replace them with “end bead” fittings.
Or am I missing something fundamental here?