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[Mav Singh]

hey all here is a pic where I have marked a red circle over 2 small pipes that seem to come from the fuel filler neck pipe to the fuel tank. the 2 pipes in question on my car have been rubbed through by the rear wheel and cut through now. this happened when I had a rear end hit many years ago.
question is what is the purpose of those 2 pipes? I do know if I do a full tank right to the filler neck then petrol leaks out of those pipes.
how can I fix them? or do I have to replace the entire filler neck pipe and assembly?

[johnny123]

of the two thin pipes one goes to the very top of the tank the other goes to the front of the car with a joint at the bulkhead then on to the charcoal filter you can cut and join them no problem

[Mav Singh]

thanks for the reply. how do i join it? do the pipes carry any sort of pressure? is it petrol in them or vapours?

[rs2kmk5]

They don't carry any pressure in real terms, but should be airtight in the same way you would a vacuum pipe. On Escorts there's a basic valve that sits on one of these lines which if the car rolls it prevents fuel from leaking via that line.

[Mav Singh]

will get this sorted when the weather gets better hopefully next month.