Thread: Russel fittings ugly film at the joints??

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Hey guys, I went to the local speedshop a couple of weeks ago to get some fittings, a couple of 90 degree -6an fittings. they jus thad the russel brand. looking through the packaging I could see they had an ugly film around the joints. I figured it was probably just dirt collecting on some sort of adhesive that was on there and that it would come off with a bit of help.

i opened one and before using tried to scratch a bit off, not only did it not just come off but the anodizing came off too! (I used the back of my knife blade figuring the crud would come off before the finish!) then I tried a nylon brush, no luck. you can see what I am talking about on the russelperformance website, there is a picture of a 90 degree fitting on the homepage that has the film. on that one it looks white on the black finish. on mine it looks dirty, not good. I can't see spending hundreds of bucks plumbing the fuel lines only to have fittings that looks like crap.

So why I am I writing? I have a few questions:

1. do summit brand fittings have this nasty film?
2. anybody know of a way to just clean this off?
3. what is this crap anyways?



I also want to warn all of you, if you want your engine to look good and a 15 dollar part to look like it is worth 15 dollars don't buy russel brand fittings.

Red