Fuel hose at tank inlet

[Whaanga]

Hello,

It’s time to change my fuel hoses. I installed the ones on the bus four years ago and driven about 7,000 miles. Per recommendations here I used Gates Barricade hoses and have run non-ethanol gasoline. (Except for the last few full ups).

I’m curios to see/learn how others have attached the fuel line to the 90* inlet on the bottom of the tank. You can see from the photo that I have two clamps. For whatever reason, when I installed just the fuel injection clamp, I got a little leakage at the inlet. But when I add the other circle clamp, there is no leakage - and it’s been dry for the past four years. (Maybe I have the clamp too tight.) If I recall correctly, there is no barb on the 90* inlet, plus I wonder why VW used this type of angled configuration?

As always, I’m grateful to learn from the collective wisdom here.

Thank You,

Jeff
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[aeromech]

You don’t need to change those hoses
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[SGKent]

Is that a carb tank? FI has an outlet and inlet.

If you are going to drain the tank and replace those, clean the screen. That said, that is a low pressure line and the Gates line will last a very long time.
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[busdaddy]

The angled outlet is the aftermarket replacement version, the OG one pointed straight down and was shorter. I don't know why they weren't beaded, although none of the other fittings in the system were either. If it bugs you wrap a ring of solid copper wire around the pipe near the end and solder it on, instant bead (not while on the tank of course).
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