Correct Fuel Hose Selection And Fitting By Volksbolts, formerly "Aerospace, Automotive and Marine"

 Fuel Hose Selection, Pipe Grading (Why R9 Grade), Connections & Clipping

For more information and guidance when looking at buying fuel hose, espically when restoring a classic car, please feel free to read the following article about correct fuel hose and fitting by Volksbolts.

When it comes to buying the correct fuel hose, Volksbolts is a leading UK supplier.

The fuel hoses that Volksbolts sell are purchased straight from two leading manucatures of fuel hose in Europe : Codan and Cohline.

Codan and Cohline.

Codan

Made In THAILAND By CODAN Rubber

CODAN FUEL HOSE.

When purchased from Codan, their R9 hose will not be bought buy the meter.  I0t is bought buy the pallette, with each reel being individually cling-wrapped with an part code and lot number.

This data will also be clearly printed along the hose with the name of the manufacturer, batch number and size.

When buying fuel hose, you should have full traceability that can be prooved in the event of any manufacturing issues.

When buying your fuel hose, jubilee clips and additional parts, please look at Volksbolts eBay listings. 

Volksbolts eBay Store

When you recive your fuel hose you should inspect it right away, and make sure that you store it corectly before fitting or having it fitted.

Correct Fuel Hose Selection And Fitting

Also when cutting the fuel line DO NOT USE SCISSORS.

For more information please contact Volksbolts direct via email Volksbolts Sales email or Volksbolts Facebook Page.

Problems With Ethanol In Petrol

Ethanol & Oxygenator additions to Petrol are chemically aggressive and have a tendancy to infiltrate and attack the Rubber compounds historically used to make fuel hosing, 'O' rings and accelerator pump diaphragms.   These rubber components perish, swell and crack under the influence of Ethanol and ultimateley fail in their function.

So if this happens to your fuel line, when you are checking it or looking at replacing it it is not made by Codan or Coline and needs replacing right away.

When fuel line is left unchecked and not maintained it will perish.  There is no such thing as "Fit and forget." Fuel Hose.

There is a lot of anecdotal evidence on Internet Forums and increasing quantities of formal Technical Reports supporting this viewpoint;   In both Automotive and Light Aviation user groups.

A report from QinetiQ (The old Defence Evaluation & Research Agency, DERA) has been published highlighting these concerns in relation to Light Aviation where MoGas (ordinary Petrol Station Petrol) is used

QinetiQ Report can be read by clicking on the link provided.

http://www.volksbolts.com/faq/bioethanolstudyreport.pdf

Buy "Best In Class" SAE J30 R9 Fuel Hose Here

SAE J30 R9 Fuel Hose direct from Volksbolts.

When you look at the fuel hose you should clearly see the layers and none of them should have become unbonded.  If the fuel hose looks damaged plase contact Volksbolts directly for further information.

When buying your fuel hose, jubilee clips and additional parts please look at Volksbolts Ebay listings. 

Volksbolts Ebay Store

When you recive your fuel hose you should inspect it right away, and make sure that you store it corectly before fitting or having it fitted.

Correct Fuel Hose Selection And Fitting

Also when cutting the fuel line DO NOT USE SCISSORS.

For more information please contact Volksbolts direct via email Volksbolts Sales email or Volksbolts Facebook Page.

October 2026

 Hello and welcome!

We have had another busy week this week with it now being a new month and almost a new year.

With 2027 just around the corner, we have been setteling into our new location in the Heart of England and looking at bringing out a few more new products for 2027.

WE will also be relaunching so old products now that we have more space to work and to hopefuly bring in a new recruit in 2027 too.

So please keep an eye on your recruitment vacancies and new team members for 2027.

Over the past five years we have worked with some local artists and looked at working in parternship with local business, schools and charitable organisations.

This can be quite challenging at times due to everyone biding for the same local funding or Govenment Grants inorder to stay in bussiness

At this moment in Time alot of the Middlands is being regeratated, making it a challange to travel around due to street closures, bussiness clousres and buildings being knocked down.

We still try to work in close partnership with UK Companies/Business when it comes to making and manufacturing our products.

With alot of work now being done over seas by big operations we still try to work with small independent business direct to try keep our products UK Maded and our prices resonable.

So please take a look at our facebook page, website and online stores.

For more information about our products and service please drop us an email.