[s-cars] Fuel rail - recall question

[Joshua van Tol]

Yeah, it should have. My car has had the recall performed, but both  
of those lines to and from the fuel rail started leaking. My  
solution, rather than pony up big dollars for the fuel rail and the  
return line, was to braze steel AN male fittings to the hard line on  
the fuel rail, and to the cut off ends of the old lines (for the ends  
that mate with the metal lines on the other end). It took a bit of  
work to get it to stop leaking because apparently the heat of brazing  
goofed up the plating on the steel fittings, but after I figured that  
out, it's great. Grand total of < $100 for hose, and fittings. I used  
Earls Pro-Lite hose, which is much easier to cut than the stainless  
braided hose, but uses the same fittings.

On Nov 24, 2008, at 9:32 AM, David Forgie wrote:

> The NHTSA Recall Campaign number is 00V068000.  Audi called it  
> "KY" (somebody has a
> perverted sense of humor).  It is involve, and I quote:
>
> "...underhood fuel line leakage in 1992-1995 Audi 100, S4, and S6  
> vehicles equipped with 2.2L I-5
> DOHC turbo (S4 and S6) or 2.8L V-6 SOHC normally aspirated (100 and  
> A6) engines. Several
> owners allege incidents of fuel spraying or dripping from a  
> compression fitting in the fuel supply tube
>  asssembly between the fuel filter and the fuel rail assembly. The  
> fitting reportedly joins a steel
>  braided section of rubber hose to a metal fuel tube. Some of the  
> owners allege that the replacement
> fuel tube assembly design was modified in the replacement part."
>
> It did NOT involve the fuel lines to or from the injector fuel rail  
> - but it probably should have.
>
> Dave F.
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