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

[Adrian Hart]

I'm going to Le Mans next year with the TVR crowd. Until I read this thread
I didn't realise I'd need to bring some decent food with me.

Fish/Chips/Curry Sauce  Pie/Chips/Curry Sauce  Fish/Chips/Curry Sauce

Beer (warm)

That's chips as in fat French Fries, as opposed to crisps. Forget it...

:-)

Adrian

on 6/12/02 6:21 pm, Frederic L'Huillier at flhuillier at siebel.com wrote:

> When I saw this email from our man from UK, I imagined it will have to
> do with Andouillette. But nope, not at all.
> Too bad !!!
>
> Regards,
> Frederic
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Hart [mailto:mail at red-wing.co.uk]
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:55 AM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Re: S-CARS leaking fuel lines
>
>
> 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
>
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