Ruptured fuel line. Stainless options?

[mr111]

I had a strange localized rust failure of my supply fuel line just under the drivers rear door. What's strange is to look at the line there's not even surface rust on the line that failed. But feeling around to the top of the line you can feel a rust hole. This gives me little faith in the factory fuel rust prevention methods. Anybody make stainless lines for the 100s?

 

[OregonLC]

I've thought about offering something like this. We have small bore tube bending and orbital welding capabilities. The challenge would be cost vs OEM, unit volume, connecting to OEM components, packaging for shipment, etc. I can't imagine selling more than about 10 sets max and to recover R&D, insurance, etc. we'd likely need to be in the $500-$700 range. People are willing to pay for performance but you can build a fuel line out of electopolished platinum and it's still going to run like a 100. Not to mention the rarity of failure.

 

[mr111]

I have and would again pay a premium for stainless brake and fuel lines, but $500-$700 is a little more than I would have imagined. That said, I would probably pay $100 each for the two sections I need now and would upgrade the rest as I work on things. I have a bush fix of a split section of fuel line with a couple Walmart hose clamps on it now so I'm gonna likely buy new oem lines Monday when the dealer opens up unless somebody has something already offered.

 

[mr111]

So I ended up paying ~ $170 at the dealer for the fuel supply line and the two return lines. That $500 doesn't sound so bad after all...especially if it includes the brake lines.