Why did a new Gas Tank Fill hose go bad?

[Wayne Ward]

Redid the Gas Tank Fill hose on my 1994 XLT right after I purchased it about 2 years ago. Purchased fill hose from amazon and installed it. Worked well until this winter. Daughter uses it while at college so it does not get filled up much. ((This is also why I am only on when the ranger is here)) I flew out to ride with her back last week. She filled up the truck and gas went everywhere when the pump clicked off. Why would a fill hose go bad that fast? Suggestions on the replacement hose that will last a lot longer?

 

[franklin2]

You can get it at the local parts store. It's not cheap though. I see Autozone has a limited lifetime warranty on theirs.

 

[CrabGuy]

It might not be the tank hose. I quit filling the tanks on my cars using the highest volume setting because the pump wouldn't react fast enough on 3 of 4 cars I've owned in the last 10 years. They were all Fords. Could be the vent isn't big enough or the pump is not reacting quick enough. Try filling it at a slower flow rate and see if it still leaks. My 94 Ranger had a bad fill hose also.

 

[Josh B]

I fill my 93 at least once a month, pull the handle back, set the latch, and walk away. Usually do a bit of spiffing up while there and dump trash.

Soon as it kicks off I replace the hose and get my receipt, then hit the road, never known a spilled drop there

It could be possible you got a china hose from during the pandemic, which sat on the ship or stacked at the port for a year or more, in the hot sun, containing plastic which was made from inferior plastics and designed to crack from the start ?

 

[rusty ol ranger]

In my experence usually a bad filler hose will cause a drip drip drip when you top it off, or park with a full tank with the truck angled downhill on the side of the filler door.

A gas explosion like that is usually a result of the pump not shutting off in time and it geysers out the actual fill flap.

Some pumps seem to be set as such a high flow rate this happens...ive had it happen a few times.

Run truck down to about an 1/8 or quarter off full and try refilling it at a different station or run the pump at half click and see.

 

[ekrampitzjr]

This is elementary, but are the hose connections tight?

 

[Wayne Ward]

This is elementary, but are the hose connections tight?

Yes it is tight...there are splits at both ends of the hose. Here is a pic of the intake end. You should be able to see splits at the flared section.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Yes it is tight...there are splits at both ends of the hose. Here is a pic of the intake end. You should be able to see splits at the flared section.

Crappy chinese rubber

 

[RobbieD]

That's what cheap material looks like. Replacement parts are such a crapshoot these days; you can think that by paying extra for higher cost parts you're getting better quality, but can still end up getting ripped off.

 

[Wayne Ward]

Any ideas whom I should purchase the replacement from...just a crape shoot???

 

[Uncle Gump]

I think I would rather have a used one from the boneyard before I put another one of those on.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Any ideas whom I should purchase the replacement from...just a crape shoot???

I say don't rule out the Jeff's Bronco Graveyard. They have a bunch of Ranger stuff too. If you buy from them... at least you can make a call and talk to someone.

 

[Josh B]

Any chance of finding old stock at an old mom and pop type hardware store? Water well or plumbing supply?

 

[franklin2]

I think I would rather have a used one from the boneyard before I put another one of those on.

This thought came to my mind, but then I am thinking "why is anyone replacing these hoses"? It sounds like the factory hoses were defective. I have had older cars and trucks that still have the original hoses on them. And when you look online, many many stores carry this particular hose you are looking for. There must be a high demand for them to reproduce them or they would not make them. I looked for a TSB from Ford on it, but could not find anything.

 

[ekrampitzjr]

A lot of car parts from Asia, including Japan in the past, use natural rubber instead of neoprene, since the natural stuff is plentiful and cheap there. This includes hoses, gaskets, and seals. Neoprene stands up to petroleum products and weathering far better over time than does natural rubber (isoprene). Oil and fuel eventually will affect neoprene, but it takes a lot longer.

That "mystery meat" fuel hose is probably natural rubber. Check a good auto-parts store for generic neoprene hose in the right size.