Best type of fuel line

[sundance]

The Echo fuel line seems to get a lot of good reviews. A good place to buy several feet of multiple sizes to stock?

 

[Lightning Performance]

The Echo fuel line seems to get a lot of good reviews. A good place to buy several feet of multiple sizes to stock?

Hls or maybe me. I need to order a small size for weed eaters and more of the Echo line. A full roll this time.

Those pig tail am lines are junk like Steve said. Soaked one in E10 for a week and it broke pulling it straight. Plus it's kinda flat and mushy.
Homelite was good line till I ran out of it.
Tygon sucked on impulse line so I use Cross Stihl impulse hoses on everything now. Trying some straight Echo line on some saws impulse hoses like Mason recommend. It is good fuel line, always was. Redmax dealer fuel line was about the same stuff. Oregon is very similar imo. Stihl green lines and Makita are stupid expensive now.

Testing stuff on milling saws is much easier than on working felling saws imo. More fuel used and more heat. Problems show up real quick and get fixed.

 

[RI Chevy]

WHY don't these companies produce rubber fuel lines that are 1000% ethanol proof?
This stuff ain't rocket science...

 

[huskyboy]

WHY don't these companies produce rubber fuel lines that are 1000% ethanol proof?
This stuff ain't rocket science...

They want you to keep buying lines. They making a profit .

 

[stretch5881]

I have used Tygon in the past and never had any customer come back with a fuel line issue. When I needed to resupply, I wound up with fake Tygon. It gets hard and brittle when used with fuel. Not a total loss, my wife loves it for her sewing projects. I guess it also works great for pressing the leaders into her quilting rack.

 

[Czed]

I have used Tygon in the past and never had any customer come back with a fuel line issue. When I needed to resupply, I wound up with fake Tygon. It gets hard and brittle when used with fuel. Not a total loss, my wife loves it for her sewing projects. I guess it also works great for pressing the leaders into her quilting rack.

No joke I rebuilt a 288 and never fueled it
I left it set in my shop for a year or
Two
And when I went to start it
The tygon basically had melted into pieces.
This was stamped tygon but could've been fake I guess.

 

[Czed]

The Echo fuel line seems to get a lot of good reviews. A good place to buy several feet of multiple sizes to stock?

https://www.ebay.com/p/1585635229

 

[jmester]

@Deets066 how has the 6mm polyurethane line held up. Did you use it submerged in fuel?

I have been doing some reading and i am struggling to know which AM Fuel line is best for submersion. Tygon 4040 seems to get some decent feedback?

I am working on an old echo cs-750 they use a molded fuel line that goes from like 6mm on the nipple down to 3mm on the filter.

I am planning on using a stihl 0000 350 3500 fuel filter as it gets close to the same size barbs on both ends.


@Moparmyway @jacob j. @Lee H

 

[mgr1]

I use Stihl fuel Line. Can buy it at a length from 3 feet.

 

[jmester]

@mgr1 I dont think Stihl makes a bulk fuel line with a 6mm ID.

 

[Moparmyway]

I use exho line on 120cc+ saws, never any issue

 

[mgr1]

@mgr1 I dont think Stihl makes a bulk fuel line with a 6mm ID.

That is correct. Did not read that you need 6mm id.

 

[Lee H]

I bought a roll of Echo fuel line i use in a lot of saws. Can't remember the id, I can look later.

 

[CR888]

Al rubber products essentially have an expiry date weather used with fuel or just sat on the shelf unused. It deteriorates over time. You might have put new tyres on a truck 15 years ago and only driven 2000miles but the tyres will still need replacing as the rubber won't be anything like new. Factors can accelerate the process like fuel, ethonal, water etc. Best store saws dry the so there is nothing to go rancid except the rubber itself.

 

[jmester]

I have some of the echo and stihl 3mm fuel line. And as mentioned it is probably the best.

Guess i should be more specific i need a fuel line with a 6mm/.250 ID. I think 6mm would be best as it would fit the white nipple in the picture above the best.
I don't think stihl or echo make a 6mm id fuel line.

 

[Lee H]

I also have some Honda fuel line #FT-B3 Is like 3/16 id by close to 7/16 od

 

[jmester]

Have you used the honda line submerged in fuel?


I just dug through my fuel line box and found a 12" piece of honda ft-b3. It fits the nipples well. A little tight on the fuel filter but it will work. A quick internet search says its 5.5mm id

 

[Lee H]

I can't remember if i have tried it submerged. Only one way to find out.

 

[huskihl]

Believe the Echo line is available in 3x5mm, which is most popular on saws. And also available in 3x6mm

 

[mgr1]

https://www.baileysonline.com/stihl-hose-5-6-x-1-9mm-x-1m-qs-0000-937-4049.html