[s-cars] Fuel Lines

[Fred Munro]

James;

The OEM lines are better quality - they are copper plated and epoxy coated.
Whether they are $400 worth of better quality is a moot point. I replaced
mine with standard galvanized tubing and coated them well with my favourite
rustproofing under the rubber mounts. It doesn't take that long to make them
up - a couple hours maybe. I figure they may go 5 years before requiring
replacement. The other option is to use the plastic fuel line VW is putting
on their cars - you have to get the special connectors for this stuff and
keep it away from hot exhaust parts. I used to know the supplier for these
lines but it slips my mind ATM.

HTH

Fred Munro
'94 S4
'97 S6

-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of James Murray
(QA/EMC)
Sent: July 24, 2006 10:57 AM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: [s-cars] Fuel Lines


Need some advice...

I'd like to replace my fuel lines under the car... the dealer
replacement lines are pricey ($442 Canadian)... do the lines from the
dealer come complete with the rubber brackets etc... or are they just
the 3 lines and I need to re-use the existing brackets?

Or should I have new ones made at a shop? My local mechanic said to get
the lines at the dealer... he said time to make them will cost just as
much as buying them new and installing them plus the dealer lines are
better quality...

I just don't have time to do this myself right now...

/Jamu.
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