can some tell me how to remove these fuel lines.the plastic one in the second photo.

 

i think you have to push the end of the clip towards the centre of it..then pull pipe at the same time..try that way first..thats how erst come apart.. im guessing thats a similar idea..is it a fiesta?

 

3dr cosworth mate.

 

lol totally wrong guess..still maybe the same idea as they are similar aged cars

 

will have a shot at that tommorrow then see how it goes.

 

a good idea would probably wait till the people in the know come online, to confirm or otherwise what ive suggested..ive never mucked about with cossies before so thats a safe bet in case you break it from my shitty advice haha

 

They come apart at the fuel rail end at the dome shaped bit were the pipe goes on....there is a propper tool but i use 3 little flat screw drivers, If you look inside you will see a spring just lever it outover so the spring is in the outer dome then it will just pull apart.........then to reconnect just push back together..

 

What he said, the correct tool is I think from memory a 3/8 fuel line disconnect same as the air con pipe disconnect, it's put over the pipe slid up into the bell shape part to expand the wound spring inside to release, never tried it with 3 screwdrivers myself.
tabetha

 

and what about the one in the bottom pic tabetha any idea?

 

the bottom pic one

you see the small grey ring

what you do is ush the pipe in while under pressure you need to push the grey ring in then pull the pipe out

 

For the top pic I use a brass olive for a 15mm copper pipe, cut it open then slide it around the fuel rail pipe and then push it gently into the joint, it slips under the spring clip that holds the connection together then give the pipe a tug and it will come off

 

I bought the tool for these off ebay years ago. Was in a ford racing box.

Made it really easy to remove the pipe

 

All you need is a 2 prong tool, simply push into the plastic collar fully and pull the smaller pipe away from it. It'll fly out.

Then to replace simply push it back in, it's like a snap fit.

 

just to update this method worked a treat.