Partial SS fuel lines?, Does anyone actually make these? Options

[porkchopexpress]

The more I read this forum the more intimidated I get about asking questions! The wealth of information on here is staggering, as well as the dedication and love to this car.

That being said, I have a question that has stumped me a bit. As I have been investigating my car, I found that the fuel line ports that extend into the front of the car under the gast tank are SS. At the tunnel inspection point I can tell they are SS as well. But at the firewall where they exit the tunnel, the lines are plastic. I have found a few vendors that sell the SS lines and they all seem to be SS all the way out of the tunnel into the engine bay.

Has anyone ever heard of this? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
I am at work now and only have a pic of the lines into the engine bay. I will post others of the front bay under the tank and the view from the tunnel this evening.

[Krieger]

I think calling it a design flaw is a ridiculous. The newest 914 is 36 years old. Even a twenty five year service life exceeds any manufacturers or initial consumers expectations.

[bigkensteele]

I think calling it a design flaw is a ridiculous. The newest 914 is 36 years old. Even a twenty five year service life exceeds any manufacturers or initial consumers expectations.

I am by no means trying to argue with you - it really serves no purpose, but if/when you replace your tunnel fuel lines, would you put plastic back in? By your reasoning, they should last another 35 years, so why not? Would a rigid plastic steering shaft not be a design flaw, even if it lasted 35 years, but then failed and killed a few people?

The average car owner, even a diligent one, would not think to replace the "hard" fuel lines in their car. Luckily, we have this place to share such knowledge. If it could be said that no 914 has ever caught fire due to a fuel leak, I would agree that it is not a flaw, but that is far from the truth. Again, not arguing - just agreeing to disagree.