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

[Rich Beebe]

it isn't the hard line (recall related) that needs repair. the fittings
on the soft line, between the fuel rail and the hard lines are leaking.
no one seems to know how to repair them or anyone who can.

rich

> From: Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net>
> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:22:31 -0500
> To: Rich Beebe <rich at beebecomm.com>, audi s-cars list
> <s-car-list at audifans.com>, audi quattro <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: high pressure fuel line leak help - who can fix this???
> 
> 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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