[s-cars] 95 S6 Fuel lines - RESOLVED

[Peter Golledge]

Mark,
 
It was the swaging.  Just had my local hose shop crimp on some industrial
strength hose for less than a tenth of the OEM part cost.  In my experience
industrial grade Aeroquip will outlast even an Audi. :-)

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From: Mtgadbois at aol.com [mailto:Mtgadbois at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 5:17 PM
To: petergolledge at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] 95 S6 Fuel lines


Peter,
 
Good luck.  The problem is in the connector.  It should be double swaged.
It should not be loose and I bet your's are.  I guess there have not been
enough fires from that side of the engine for Audi to effect a recall.
 
Mark
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/19/2006 3:45:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
petergolledge at gmail.com writes:


Mark,
 
This is another option for me... going to my hose repair place to see if
they can fabricate what I need first.  If it works out OK (or not) I will
post the result to the list.
 
Thanks

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From: mtgadbois at aol.com [mailto:mtgadbois at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:05 AM
To: petergolledge at gmail.com
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re:[s-cars] 95 S6 Fuel lines


Peter,
 
FWIW my 95.5 did the same.  What was leaking were the connectors.  As I
recall to do the repair correctly using new Audi parts required the
replacement of the fuel rail.  With the fuel rail at $300-$400 I, in turn,
just cut out the offending connectors, put in a piece of high pressure
rubber fuel line (about $6 per foot) and  double clamped each end.  That was
3 years ago.  So far so good.
 
Mark near Chicago
 
 
 
 
You wrote:
Listers,

My wife's 95 S6 has an odor of fuel around the two flexible lines running to
the Fuel rail and return.  It appears that the recall has been done on the
line near the Turbo/Fuel filter fortunately. :-)

Each of these lines appears to include some nice complex piping on fuel rail
side of things and they appear to be dealer only.  Will get pricing tomorrow
but I expect it to be big $$$ for both lines.  Any other known sources for
these items?

  Any BTDT on fabricating replacement lines?  I was thinking on having the
commercial hose shop weld fittings onto the ends of the existing piping and
fabricating a couple of hoses to match.  This approach has worked well for
my Type 44 hydraulics and A/C lines (for R134A).

Regards
-- 
Peter Golledge



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