[s-cars] Re: KY Fuel Line Recall and ?

[Mtgadbois at aol.com]

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Greetings All:

Let's toss this out for discussion.  I'm the second owner of a 95.5 S6.  I
wrote in about 2 months ago regarding a gas leak on the driver's side.  The
day was very cold and the leak was at the union between the fuel rail
connector and the fuel line.  I "sealed" the leak using three coats of "Seal
All" cured by 5 days under warm lights  (drove my minivan for a week).  I had
the car reviewed by a local Audi dealer who also noted that the fuel line
recall had not been performed.  However, in looking for the problem connector
by the fuel filter, we found that the connector had been cut out and replaced
by 6" of rubber fuel line secured by two hose clamps.  Must have been done by
the previous owner!  Look's like a really elegant solution for the problem -
no extra fuel lines installed, no cut off and bent over fuel lines etc.   My
question is anyone else have this done to their car?  My S6 came from Denver.
  The repair does seems secure.  I'm thinking that if it is safe, I'll just
cut out the faulty connector on the driver's side and splice in some fuel
line hose.  Comments?

Mark near Chicago