Type 44, NLA fuel line conundrums

[Scott DeWitt]

Lets not forget how much Audi owners hate paying the Porsche tax...



On 2016-01-17 21:16, laraa at sympatico.ca wrote:
> This guy, Len from http://autosportengineering.com/, can make CIS 
> braided
> lines.
> 
> That's what he wrote in this post
> http://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-930-turbo-super-charging-forum/820323-digital-wur-plus-frankencis.html.
> 
> With 930s skyrocketing in value, (these were the last CIS/K-Jet cars in
> North-America), there must be a solution to keep them 100% original.
> 
> Louis-Alain
> 
> 
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : quattro [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de DeWitt
> Harrison
> Envoy� : 17 janvier 2016 21:33
> � : Quattro List
> Objet : Type 44, NLA fuel line conundrums
> 
> I've lately become paranoid about the eleven flexible fuel lines 
> (injectors,
> main supply, warmup regulator, etc.) in the MC1 engine compartment 
> which are
> all NLA according to one Denver area Audi dealership.
> So I thought that they could perhaps be rebuilt with fresh hose stock.
> 
> But having dissected one old Audi fuel hose, I'm currently of the 
> opinion that
> it would be a formidable task to rebuild these fuel lines to factory 
> spec
> because, after extensive surfing, I've learned the oe hose is a very
> specialized construction and dimension with a nylon 12 core and a 
> braided
> steel reinforcing covering. It also appears that special tooling would 
> be
> required to assemble the hose to the hose ends (assuming the 
> non-standard, oe
> hose ends can be salvaged from used factory hoses). I do not think my 
> local
> hydraulic hose fabricator/rebuilder would be up to the task.
> 
> So ... any thoughts? Am I being too paranoid about these 28 year old 
> fuel
> lines? Are there hose fabricators who could rise to the challenge of
> rebuilding to Audi original specs? (If they were simple rubber fuel 
> lines,
> replacement would be trivial, right?) Or would it be smarter to rip out 
> the
> whole CIS system and go with contemporary EFI?
> 
> Thanks for your ideas,
> DeWitt Harrison
> 1988 5ktq
> 
> 
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