hose clips

[hrosenthal]

Do these clips work well, they don't seem to make a tight fit? I was thinking of skipping the clips and clamping the hose directly to the filter, but am worried the hose will slip off.

Also, is there a correct name for the part. I can't seem to find them online.

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[MPTech]

I haven't had any issues with mine, been on about 1 year and almost 4k miles.
(I don't understand how you could remove them, don't they connect to the in-tank pump fittings? Did you mean clamping the hose directly to the pump?)

[tirod]

Those are quick disconnects. They have an O ring inside that bears on the shoulder of the filter. They are certainly tight enough, 100% what the factories use on your family car. Very safe, as your lawyer would assure you.

Clamping hose directly to the filter, no. It's not ribbed, the ends aren't beaded, and in an EFI set up the hose clamps might not hold them on working against 40 - 100 psi. Hose clamps on bare tubing ends weren't even used on carb applications, they always had some kind of beading or ribs. Shoving the hose over the existing bead may damage the internal fabric weave as the bead is much larger than needed.

The ends of those disconnects are supposed to get nylon fuel tubing attached to them, heat the tubing with a hair dryer and slip it over. It shrinks and locks to form a factory type join which is also liability "free."

Gasoline is something we take all too much for granted, but if we consider it's liquid explosive, then the safeguards make more sense.

Personally, I prefer the Chevy style with attaching nuts that press an O ring into the filter. But, you still have to join the fuel line to the stub ends.