> Date: Wed 20 Oct 93 10:43:15-EDT
> From: DEHAASM@NAPC-1.NAVY.MIL
> To: british-cars@autox.team.net
> Subject: Gasoline vs Copper
>
>
> It seems like we have a lot of Chemistry Dudes on this list so I
> have a question regarding a comment made to a fuel delivery set up on
> my TR-6. At the last TVR club car show "Out of the Woodwork" someone
> commented to me that copper tubing is not good to use for transporting
> gasoline. However this person did not offer up any proof to back this
> comment. If this is true what in gasoline is bad for copper pipes and
> fittings???? I noticed on many older cars like MGA (I think) there are
> copper components to the carburetors.
I think the the biggest objection to copper tubing for fuel line use is
that it work hardens and cracks more easily than steel.
Roland
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