If there’s one hose I don’t want leaking – it’s gotta be the fuel hose in the engine bay …

Turns out I owe the members of the Petrol Hose Manufacturer’s Association of Great Britain an apology… it wasn’t the hose that was leaking but the Filter King regulator I got all the way back in 2006. It was dripping unseen onto the overbraided hose which then got soaked. At least needlessly going to the motor factors to get some new hose gave me a walk in the fresh air  The glass bowl…

Engines prefer fuel with no bits in

It’s nice when there’s stuff in the post that’s not bills, Sky TV offers or yet another ransom note for the ex-girlfriend … One Filter King (a combined fuel filter and pressure regulator) and a couple of metres of 8mm braided fuel hose.  After jacking the front end of the car to give me good access all round, I decided on the rear of the inner wing for mounting the filter, based…