1 Fuel line quick connect/disconnect fittings Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:14 am
Dai
Life time member
This comes up every now and again, usually with an admonishment somewhere in the thread to not use plastic ones because the sideways pressure will eventually snap them. Curiosity got the better of me and I decided that I could afford to lose a tenner (£10) on a Curiosity Test. It didn't last long.
- the cheap ChingChing ones are ripoffs of the original Goodrich QD fittings
- they feel as if they are connecting well - some push needed to fit them together and they pop apart pretty smartly on the release button
- I mounted them both on new fuel lines on LFB
- They didn't get a chance to break. The moment that the slightest sideways pressure went onto the fittings they started leaking.
Conclusion: another ChingChing failure, not that I hadn't really expected it. Within a couple of hours I'd shelled out just short of £100 on a pair of genuine metal Goodrich ones.
- the cheap ChingChing ones are ripoffs of the original Goodrich QD fittings
- they feel as if they are connecting well - some push needed to fit them together and they pop apart pretty smartly on the release button
- I mounted them both on new fuel lines on LFB
- They didn't get a chance to break. The moment that the slightest sideways pressure went onto the fittings they started leaking.
Conclusion: another ChingChing failure, not that I hadn't really expected it. Within a couple of hours I'd shelled out just short of £100 on a pair of genuine metal Goodrich ones.
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