penny-wise, pound-foolish

[rinard at execpc.com]

Martin, no need to feel bad about this one ... I'd bet rust had
weakened your fuel line. I just replaced the supply line in my '87
4kcsq after it started leaking under similar circumstances. I pulled
the original out and found a couple additional spots where it snapped
with a little encouragement. The fuel line retaining clips under the
car obviously encourage external rust on the line -- those where the
points where the line was at its weakest.

A new line was about $50 from Carlsen Audi. And replacement wasn't
that tough, although a lift seems necessary to feed the line through
the engine bay.

Russ Maki
'87 4000csq with fresh fuel lines and accumulator




> From: "Martin W. N. Suryadarma" <msuryadarma at mail.wesleyan.edu>
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Penny-wise, pound-foolish
>
> Anybody ever done a stupid mistake on their Audi? I know I did.
Broke fuel
> line while changing fuel filter. Car's in my mechanic's shop now. He
said
> he's never seen a fuel line broken before. When I asked how long he
thinks
> it's gonna take to replace, he said not sure but definitely a lot
longer
> than it would take to change the fuel filter. DOH.
>
> I feel like an idiot.
>
> Wasted 1/2 of the Thxgiving weekend trying to fix this with rubber
> fuel-line, but the thing still leaks because of the super pressure
in
> there. Looked under the car and didn't think I could replace the
line by
> myself because of its complicated position inside the engine bay and
under
> the car. Luckily that thing doesn't go all the way back to the gas
tank.
>
> Did I mention I feel like an idiot?
>
> Sorry, just feel like ranting.
>
> Martin