[s-cars] Re: S-CARS leaking fuel lines

[Adrian Hart]

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.
>

This is a really common problem on Audi's of all types - bit of a design
fault where the rubber mountings for the pipeshold trap moisture against the
pipes and simultaneously, and very gently, rub, rub, rub.

There are two solutions:

1.  the expensive way - get a new set of pipes and mounts from Audi.

2.  get somebody (I used Dialynx, obviously not a practical proposition in
the States) to make up a new set in Cunifer. This rust proof alloy is what
they should have been made from in the first place. It's pretty easy (and
very satisfying) to fit up the pipes yourself, if you have the right sort of
pipe bending and flaring tools.

Cunifer pipes will last as long as the car.

HTH

Adrian

UK