[s-cars] Fuel Lines

[Fred Munro]

POR-15 is good, James, and it adheres to galvanizing, but my favourite
rustproofing is Rust Cure Formula 3000 from Corrosion Free Zone. The stuff
displaces water, creeps like crazy, and makes a disgusting slimy mess of the
underside of your car if you spray the whole thing - but you don't get rust.
I usually have a spray can kicking around that I use on items like the fuel
line clamps, fender lips, that kind of thing. POR-15 is a good preliminary
treatment, though, followed by the Rust Cure.

The plastic is fairly hard but not rigid - it's easy to bend by hand to run
it through the clips.

Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: James Murray (QA/EMC) [mailto:james.murray at ericsson.com]
Sent: July 25, 2006 9:15 AM
To: Fred Munro; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Fuel Lines


Thanks Fred, is your favorite rustproofing "POR-15"? And does it adhear
well to galvanized steel?

Plastic almost sounds easy enough to install myself, unless it's a hard
plastic...

/Jamu.

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Munro [mailto:munrof at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 8:05 PM
To: James Murray (QA/EMC); s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Fuel Lines

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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