I am involved in the classic car world and modern fuels are creating problems for older cars, quite simply they are eating away the fuel hoses that were not designed for the fuels. The last hoses on mine lasted 4 years before they failed and I was lucky not to have an inferno, lucky in that the hoses under the bonnet were OK, it was the hoses near the tank that went. I was unaware of the problem but a quick Google soon educated me.
Fuel hoses for traditional petrol are R6 spec but fuel hoses for the modern brews are R9 spec, its available but not easy to find. Soem retailers sell R10 spec but it is intended for in tank use and will decay from the outside in used in the atmoshere.
All owners of older cars need to be made aware of this and should check the hoses regularly.
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