Yanmar Fuel Line Help

[climenuts]

One of the fuel lines on our 2GM failed yesterday on our way home.

I'm hoping to get some help identifying this hose and fittings so I can source a replacement. Bonus points if someone knows where I can get a replacement in the lower mainland.

This section is between the engine mounted fuel filter and the high-pressure pump.

To get us home I bypassed the engine fuel filter by bending the formed steel line directly onto the high-pressure pump so I will likely need to replace it too.

 

[andykane]

Looks like a banjo fitting of some variety. I'd see if Greenline can make you a replacement, assuming you can't find an actual Yanmar part online.

 

[SloopJonB]

I would think injector shops or hydraulic shops could make one for you.

 

[longy]

The hot rod car guys use a lot of hoses like that, all custom made

In a real pinch, I think you can cut the compression collars off & use just rubber hose & clamps

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Stem to Stern might have one on the shelf or be able to bring one in.
Greenline might be able to make one.

 

[mcpusc]

went through something similar with my YSB8 last summer — after talking to several yanmar mechanics and hydraulic shops the advice was "replace with modern USCG rated fuel hose".

bring the old hose in and a hydraulic shop can cut the fittings off and crimp them to a new piece of hose. if the fittings are trashed the shop can source replacements or you can order the individual pieces from yanmar; they have part numbers listed in the manual.

 

[mcpusc]

i think this is the relevant page for the 2GM, the banjo fittings are nos 18 and 19 attached to fuel hose no 21:

 

[ROADKILL666]

Any hydraulic shop should be able to make one for you.

 

[Zonker]

bring the old hose in and a hydraulic shop can cut the fittings off and crimp them to a new piece of hose.

Do this. The banjo fittings are the important bit. Try to get the orientation of the banjos similar (not in same plane)

Take the copper crush washers (items 24/25), hold them with a pair of pliers and heat to cherry red hot (propane torch, gas stove top, etc.). Then immediately drop into a pot of cold water. This anneals (softens) the copper and you can re-use them. Or buy new ones from Yanmar for $1.75 each (you'll need 4).

Fuel washer 8 X 1.0

Fuel washer 8 X 1.0

www.boathouse.ca

 

[167149]

you can if you feel like it remove the crimps each end and just use plain fuel hose with hose clips....

 

[voodoochile]

One of the fuel lines on our 2GM failed yesterday on our way home.

I'm hoping to get some help identifying this hose and fittings so I can source a replacement. Bonus points if someone knows where I can get a replacement in the lower mainland.

This section is between the engine mounted fuel filter and the high-pressure pump.

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To get us home I bypassed the engine fuel filter by bending the formed steel line directly onto the high-pressure pump so I will likely need to replace it too.

Mac Boring is the Yanmar distributor. Give them a call.

 

[Son of Hans]

That's not a Yanmar hose - it has already been replaced at least once. If done with quality hose, that sort of replacement should last a lifetime. I replaced my oil lines with M12 banjos and -03 hose. For an fuel line I would use -06 or -08 hose. I get my parts from Pegasus auto racing supplies. As others have said, don't forget the crush washers.

 

[climenuts]

Thanks. Greenline in Vancouver made me a new hose for $45 in 10 minutes. The new fittings were a bit longer so the bend in the hose is a bit more aggressive.

Cleaning all of the diesel out of the bilge was a PITA. A work colleague suggested using dishwasher detergent which worked pretty well getting everything into the bilge sump. Pulling up the cabin sole and cleaning the bilge was long overdue anyway.

We shopvac'd the diesel/emulsified diesel out of the sump, wiped with oil pads, and cleaned with dishwasher detergent but the residue is very persistent. Any tips on getting things cleared up so I can pump my bilge into the ocean again?

 

[andykane]

This stuff is great, cuts through grease and oil like crazy and pretty benign to work with.

 

[SloopJonB]

Dishwasher detergent is strong stuff, designed to cut grease but the only way to get a greasy bilge really clean is to go over it and over it and over it.

When you think you're done, wipe it with acetone and then soapy water.

When dry, spritz it with water - if it beads like on a waxed car you aren't done. Scrubbing with a brass brush can help a lot.

When done, paint everything - you'll never have a better chance and in fact it will likely never get done if you don't do it now. Makes a huge difference.

White Bilgecoat is pretty tolerant of a less than flawlessly clean surface - certainly better than ordinary paint - but it still needs to be as clean as you can get it.

 

[climenuts]

I didn't even think to paint it. It doesn't really matter to us and I doubt we'd extract any value out of the next owner for it. The sole is back on and I'm not opening that sarcophagus again voluntarily. The one thing I wish we had the foresight to put a small brass chain through the limber holes so we could clean them without taking the sole up.

Everything is spotless and water isn't beading except in the bilge sump itself.

 

[Dehydrated]

If you had painted it you would have been able to detect fluid leaks more easily (as well as cracking in the surface or other problems)?