fuel line routing

[Wayne]

I have been working on my friends Elan S4 over the Winter and we are now at the point of replacing the fuel line. His plastic fuel line was missing so I ran a new poly coated 1/4 inch steel line through the chassis. Could someone send me a couple pictures of the fuel line routing in the rear near the differential? I am trying to keep it away from all the moving parts back there. I want to keep the rubber hose from the trunk area as short as possible.

Thanks
Wayne

[oldelanman]

Hi Wayne,
The original pipe run is pretty much a straight line from pump to tank running in the top RH corner through the chassis backbone then over the diff crossmember and through a grommet into the boot (trunk) with a short 3" connector onto the tank stub.

[garyeanderson]

Hi Wayne

Take a look at the 10th post in the sows ear chassis topic on the 3dr page for a front to rear for the stock fuel line path.
post161442.html#p161442

Gary

[Wayne]

Thanks to everyone for the pictures. Routing the fuel line between the top of the frame and the body was going to be a tight squeeze for my 1/4 inch hard line, so I ran it slightly outboard and up through the body into the trunk (boot) area. This will be convenient for the connections to the electric fuel pump I am installing outboard of the fuel tank. The hard line had a rubber hose around it for chaff protection where it passes through the bodywork. The fuel line will be well away from moving parts and the differential heat. I will post pictures later when the pump is installed for a better picture of the complete install.


Wayne