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

[Fred Munro]

Hi Mark;

This is an easy solution, but IMHO there is one problem with it. I've known
hose clamps to loosen over time, and if you blow this high pressure fuel
line off while driving, you WILL have a major engine fire which will
probably cost you the car and may cost you your life. For all their faults,
the crimped connections usually do not fail catastrophically.

I am somewhat familiar with the problem - the brass fuel line nipple in my
old VW bug blew out of the carburetor at high speed (well, 80 mph which was
high for a VW bug), spraying gas from the fuel pump all over the hot engine
and igniting a large engine fire. I managed to save the car, but spent 2
hours on the shoulder of the 401 rewiring the entire engine. If you are
going to re-engineer your fuel lines, be certain your modification is going
to do the job for the life of the car or component.

Fred Munro
'94 S4 (with KY recall done, didn't touch the rack or transmission - my
dealer's techs are competent)

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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

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