Fuel filler neck repair?

[bavarian3]

Dropped my fuel tank for subframe reinforcement work, unfortunately, the red barb connection on the filler neck broke due to fatigue.

Looks like the filler neck assembly is or near NLA, also expensive. Wondering if anyone thinks I can makeshift a general barb in this place? Any idea if the oe barb moderates the fuel in a specific way?

Anyone ever dealt with this? Funny enough all the one's I see on ebay also have the red barb broken. Open to suggestions.

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[E46m3zcp]

Same happened to me. Ebay has some used ones. Any e46 model will do, and there are plenty of used ones out there.

[bavarian3]

Same happened to me. Ebay has some used ones. Any e46 model will do, and there are plenty of used ones out there.

funny enough most of the ones on ebay also have the broken barb. but i did find one using a different keyword. thanks