Emergency!!! A fuel line is leaking pretty bad and I have a race pretty soon!!!

[Fred Munro]

Hi Carlos;

I'd think twice before running the fuel lines through the cabin. Having a
fuel line leak inside the car is a bad thing unless you've always wanted to
star in a Viking funeral.

Fred Munro
'94 S4


-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of passat TS
Sent: May 16, 2003 8:35 AM
To: audi at humanspeakers.com
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Emergency!!! A fuel line is leaking pretty bad and I have a
race pretty soon!!!


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Thanks for replying.

I was a bit nervous. I was expecting to put the car in the storage until the
race, and one more thing like that came up. Another fellow lister reinstated
calm on my soul.

Once I was reasoning again I cut the line nicely, put a rubber hose
connecting
the parts and a pair of clamps that are flat all around. It worked great
including during the race.

I was planning on moving the fuel pump to the trunk and run the lines
through
the cabin in the near future. I guess this future will come sooner than I
expected.

Thanks again,

Carlos.
>From: Huw Powell
>Reply-To: audi at humanspeakers.com
>To: passat TS
>CC: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: Emergency!!! A fuel line is leaking pretty bad and I have a
race
pretty soon!!!
>Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 01:54:59 -0400
>
>
>>I turn the car on this afternoon, and immediately I started to
>>smell gas.
>>I went out and sure enough a big pudle under the car. I clean the
>>line and
>>find out that the feeder line is leaking pretty bad, i.e., look
>>like a
>>sprinkler with the car on.
>>
>>Questions:
>>
>>I've always replaced the lines in such situation, but is there
>>another way to
>>patch a line (tube)?
>
>I can see a crude patch getting you by on the street, for a while.
>But
>for a RACE?!
>
>>I want for now just replace the broken line, so a suitable fitting
>>on each
>>side of a long hose will do.
>
>Well, ok, that's better, I'm less scared for you.
>
>You can still get the OEM, pre-bent hard lines from the dealer, I
>think
>they run about $200 for both. You probably only need the pressure
>line,
>though.
>
>By the way, replacing part of it will make a mess, since it will
>probably rust through elsewhere pretty soon - under the little back
>rubber mounts, usually.
>
>--
>Huw Powell
>
>http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi
>
>http://www.humanthoughts.org/
>

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