I saw the Dick & Bev's fire and what a shame. But I am glad they are ok coming from the marine field as a mechanic for 30+years I have seen my share of this type stuff except boats explode and burn (can be very ugly) Any one who has rubber fuel line should go to a marine store and get the fire/alchol line and double clamp the line I just replaced mine .And what is bad is I bought mine about a year ago from E-Bay and the guy had replaced the same hoses with standard automotive hoses from auto-zone and the were already starting to crack. The Marine hose is more expensive and harder to work with But How Much Is Your Barth (and life ) Really worth? If nothing elese Please have someone inspect all fuel lines as mine are very close to hot exhaust pipes.I will be looking into a good fire detector and /or extinguisher system we used them on boats all the time and we also use them on on our race cars.Thanks Richard

Richard,

That sounds like great advice....Is there a brand, Spec# or Part# one should ask for? (I'm assuming folks like West Marine carry it?)

Thanks!

i will look it up in some of my catalog's and post a brand. Richard

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Originally posted by rp's barth:
Please have someone inspect all fuel lines as mine are very close to hot exhaust pipes.

Are any of your rubber hoses are close to hot exhaust pipes?

I use Thermo Tec heat shielding on my rubber fuel line.

GM moved the fuel lines outside of the fuel rail to keep them cooler. If you wish, I can scan and send you the info. It was mainly done as vapor lock prevention.

While in West Marine for other stuff, I spotted a piece of fuel line on the counter. It was marked Shields Fire-Alcol USCG type A1 SAE J1527/ISO7840 5/16". They almost gave it to me with the other sruff I had ordered and payed for.

Here is a link to it.