[s-cars] leaking fuel lines

[Mike Platt]

YIKES, $238 from dealer. What was the nature of the
fuel line recall. Mine was already done before I
bought the car.
Thanks
Mike P
95.5 S6 avant
--- Darin Nederhoff <editor at s-cars.org> wrote:
>
>
> Mike Platt wrote:
>
> >I was under the car last night changing the oil,
> and
> >noticed my metal fuel (pipes) lines under the car
> are
> >rusting and have some fuel seepage. Yikes!!! Scary.
> I
> >am obviously going to replace them but, has anyone
> >else seen this problem? They rust around the
> mounting
> >points underneath the car. I am just dying to see
> what
> >they cost.
> >
> >
>
> Yes Mike,
>
> My car has the very same problem.  They tend to rust
> at the point where
> the lines go through the rubber mounting blocks.
> I would encourage everyone to closely inspect their
> fuel lines under the
> car.  If you do find evidence of leaks, it may not
> hurt to file the
> incident with the National Highway Traffic Safety
> Administration (U.S.
> residents).   URL is:
>
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/ivoq/oscripts/IVOQ/VOQ/voq1.cfm
>
> This worked to our advantage last time and
> eventually led to the fuel
> line recall we're all familiar with.  I'll have to
> dig through my notes
> and see if I still have the contact information for
> the NHTSA
> investigators I dealt with when documenting the
> first round of fuel leaks.
>
> Perhaps 'S' isn't for sport...  with these fuel
> leaks Shish kabob comes
> to mind.  ;-)
>
> Darin
> S-CARS.ORG
>
> >
> >
>
>


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