 Corroded Fuel Lines, Best way to clean them?? |
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| ellisor3 |
 Mar 25 2010, 08:08 PM
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HPWhore  Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 23-October 08 From: Fleming Island, Florida Member No.: 9,683 Region Association: South East States   |
I purchased some used fuel lines for my EFI conversion and they have a lot of corrosion on the metal connections. Is there a simple way to get this off and make them shiny?
I do not want to go to the expense of bead blasting, and a wire wheel does not do the job, what about phosphoric or muradic acid? Any suggestions? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| BMXerror |
Mar 25 2010, 09:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,705 Joined: 8-April 06 From: Hesperia Ca Member No.: 5,842 |
Not speaking from experience here, but acetone? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) WD-40 may work too, but you'd definitely want to clean THAT off with alcohol or acetone.
Mark D. |
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| Porcharu |
Mar 26 2010, 12:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,314 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 3,518 Region Association: Northern California |
Diluted muriatic acid in a big plastic bucket. This is pool acid and should be easy to find. Read ALL about the safety of this before you proceed. Those lines will look like new if done correctly.
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| bobhasissues |
Mar 26 2010, 03:00 PM
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seemingly endless issues with my 914 Group: Members Posts: 218 Joined: 13-February 07 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 7,532 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(ellisor3 @ Mar 25 2010, 09:08 PM)  they have a lot of corrosion on the metal connections Re-using them sounds risky to me. |
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| tat2dphreak |
Mar 26 2010, 03:03 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
QUOTE Re-using them sounds risky to me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) there's a bolt-in easy solution from CFR(Racer Chris Foley) or you can make your own cheaply with racing stainless steel or aluminum from Summit, using the guide on here(which is what I did, before Chris offered his bolt-in solution) |
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| ellisor3 |
Mar 26 2010, 03:57 PM
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HPWhore Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 23-October 08 From: Fleming Island, Florida Member No.: 9,683 Region Association: South East States |
As a follow up. I did use Muratic acid to clean the connections and it cleaned the hell out of them. They came out as good as new. The metal is is great shape, it just simply had 20 years of corrosion on top of them, kind of like patina. I inspected all the lines and all but one is in great shape. Wish I had done before and after pics.
The only downside to using Muratic acid is that it takes once clean you need to put a sealer back on the parts or they will begin rusting again. Thanks for the suggestions and cautions. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) |
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| Katmanken |
Mar 26 2010, 04:05 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
You realize the acid removed whatever rust protection was on them......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
Knowing the speed at which Florida Cancer spreads, you better put a protective coating on them... |
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| ellisor3 |
Apr 2 2010, 11:31 AM
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HPWhore Group: Members Posts: 811 Joined: 23-October 08 From: Fleming Island, Florida Member No.: 9,683 Region Association: South East States |
Hear is a little follow up on my Muratic acid for cleaning of parts. The cleaning worked great, BUT I ran a fan for ventilation while I was using the acid on my workbench because the funes are not good. The fan blew the fumes across my work bench to an open window, I looked today and every tool hanging on the wall is rusted. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)
The acid never touched the tools but the fumes alone were enough to rust my tools. Would not have thought of that. If you use this method, take it outside. I will take off the protective coating on anything it touches, tools, bolts ect. |
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| McMark |
Apr 2 2010, 01:21 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Yup. I had steel rust that was sitting on top of a sealed plastic tub of acid. Anyone wonder why he have hell holes? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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| Jeffs9146 |
Apr 2 2010, 01:32 PM
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Ski Bum Group: Members Posts: 4,062 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Discovery Bay, Ca Member No.: 128 |
Beleve it or not I just cleaned a set yesterday that were severly coated with the "patina"! I used gasoline and steal wool and they look new again!
Just an FYI! |
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