high pressure fuel line leak help - who can fix this???

[Kneale Brownson]

Didn't Audi have a recall to replace those lines?  Any dealer should be
able to tell you whether the recall was performed on that car.  All they
need is the VIN.


At 01:57 PM 12/8/2005 -0500, Rich Beebe wrote:
>i'm back to an old problem. i developed a leak at the rubber line
>connection, to the fuel rail itself, some time ago and made the 'basic'
>hose clamp repair and that held fine until the other day. when i began
>moving the fuel hose, a leak developed at the rear fitting (to the
>hard lines - the female end actually now twists and pulls slightly
>apart from the crimped portion). i've since taken the fuel rail off
>and taken it to several places and no one can seem to repair the
>hoses because of the fittings used.
>
>without any advise here, i'm down to considering hose clamps on both
>ends of that hose and possibly on both ends of both hoses. first
>question, does anyone have any thoughts on where to get this repaired
>properly? i'm in maryland, north of baltimore. second, would a hose
>clamp actually produce enough pressure on the rear hard line without
>crimping that line (much thinner wall thickness than the fuel rail
>hard line). i desperately need this car back in action!!
>
>thanks for any ideas up front.
>
>rich
>95.5 S6
>
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