Pinched fuel line

[Roger K Sterling]

A friend at my marina pointed out the fuel line from the pump to the carburetor appears pinched and who ever made the bend apparently didn't use a pipe bending tool. He said it maybe restricting fuel flow. I wanted to know what any of you thought about it.

 

[techmitch]

A friend at my marina pointed out the fuel line from the pump to the carburetor appears pinched and who ever made the bend apparently didn't use a pipe bending tool. He said it maybe restricting fuel flow. I wanted to know what any of you thought about it.

Hack job

 

[Lazy Daze]

Possibly restricting - certainly not "right" or pretty.

But... do you have any running problems? Can you get full RPM at WOT? If all is good, forget about the line and look for something else to fix.

 

[Bill Curtis]

Just my opinion:

I would be cautious about that line. Aside from being ugly and pinching off that line, everyone of those gouge marks is a potential weak point and vibrations "could" cause a failure of the line. Probably won't, but "could" and fuel in the engine compartment isn't something to fart around with.

 

[BlakBeard]

Looks like it was bent with a pair of channel locks which crushed the line and left those grooves. Personally, I would replace that.

 

[Bruceflinch]

Looks like something, I might have done about 45 years ago.
ugly but not leaking.. put that on the Spring tuneup schedule, IMO