Name That Hose (identifying leak in 1993 S4)

[David Kavanagh]

I'm sure it is either gas or brake fluid. Did you smell it? Gas is
obvious, brake fluid would be obvious if you've smelled it before, but
it doesn't evaporate like gas, so the smell is more subtle.
>From what I've seen, there should only be 2 brake lines running to the
back of the car (and same for gas lines). The gas lines will be a
slightly larger diameter than the brake lines.

One other clue. The brakes shouldn't be under pressure all the time.
Since you say that it happens after you started the car, I'm going to
assume the fuel pump was running and what you saw was gas spraying
under pressure.
That is a very dangerous situation!! (purely from a fire hazzard
standpoint). I mean, leaking brake lines aren't safe, but the spraying
gas can get ugly really fast before you even try to stop the car!

David

PS. I've seen gas lines repaired with compression fittings and copper
tubing. An Audi mech told me that was perfectly acceptable... I had a
car that was repaired that way and it worked for over 5 years (then, I
sold the car).

On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 14:17:56 -0500, Lawrence Bardfeld
<larrybard at hotmail.com> wrote:
> [This is my first post to this list since I unsubscribed 4 1/2 years ago, so
> my apologies if I've screwed something up, now that I have resubscribed.
> And I'm decidedly not mechanically inclined, nor do I generally speak the
> insiders' language, so I hpe you will be patient and excuse any
> imprecise/incorrect descriptions.]
> 
> Symptoms: Immediately afer starting my car about 2 weeks ago I noticed that
> brownish [?] fluid appeared to be spraying under pressure from approximately
> under the rear passenger door.
> 
> Observations: Two days ago I jacked the car up for a quick look.  Through a
> space where the plastic sheathing on the rear passenger underside was
> partially detached from the car I saw three thin hoses running approximately
> parallel to the length of the car.  The hose nearest to the right side of
> the car appeared to have been compromised, where it bent upwards, with what
> looked like woven metal (stainless?) exposed under the rubber sheathing.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what fluid this is (transmission?), and what I might
> expect to pay (for the part and for the labor) to have the hose replaced
> once I have it towed to my dealer?
> 
> Since I've started subscribing only to the digest, being concerned about the
> volume of messages that might be routinely generated by this list (one of
> the main reasons I unsubscribed years ago), private responses to me at
> larrybard at hotmail.com would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Larry
> 
> P.S.  Was surprised to see how many familiar names I recognized in a quick
> skimming of list archives.
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