[s-cars] Fuel line to fuel rail

[Varon H. Fugman]

I replaced my fuel rail assembly about 19 years ago. At that point it cost about $350 from the dealer, but took 3 months to arrive from Germany.

Mine leaked at the end of the hose that connected near the firewall. This happened on a cold January day when it was minus 8 degrees F.  The replacement assembly had a double crimp at each end of the hose whereas the original assembly only had a single crimp.

(The recall to replace the fuel line due to leaks near the fuel filter included the same upgrade to double crimps at each hose connection.)

It was always curious to me they switched to the 1-piece assembly from the the prior 2-piece assembly that was used on earlier S4s. I can’t see an engineering advantage, but eliminating the banjo bolt at the front of the fuel rail might have saved them $2 per car!

I don’t see why a hose shop couldn’t rebuild the hose part of your fuel rail assembly. Good luck!

Varon
‘95 urS6

> On Jun 29, 2020, at 5:06 PM, trodri69 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> I have a fuel leak in the short length of flexible fuel hose that feeds fuel to the fuel rail and fuel injectors. The part number (#034133681R) includes the entire fuel rail and costs north of $600 from ECS Tuning. Is there a way to just fix the hose? Does House of Hose in Spokane, WA do this?
> Any advice is appreciated,
> Tom Rodriguez
> ‘95 S6, 296k miles
> 
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