[V8] Merry Christmas

[dsaad at icehouse.net]

That is good to know.  I wonder if it will handle the under hood heat?

I have mentioned before, at least here in Boise America, getting a fuel
line rebuilt costs about $10, and they do it while I wait.  It just takes
a few minutes.  The first time I did it (maybe 6 or 7 years ago) I did not
specify the hose to use, and it did not hold up to the heat.  This time I
used a hi heat rated hose (400F oil temp), but it still does not have the
hard(er) plastic inner tube that the factory uses.  I have seen no problem
with this other than the heat degradation but an old Saab mechanic I was
talking to a while back said he tried doing this with a Saab hose and the
car would not even run.  The problem (he said) was the hose flexed under
pressure and messed up the fuel injection pulses.  Audi being Audi, there
is probably a reason they spec hose like this, and the Saab guy had a
believable story, proved out when he replaced the hoses with factory and
everything was fine.

SO - for me anyway, I have rebuilt 5 hoses for about half of what one new
one costs without any apparent problems.

Dave


> You can buy the nylon stuff that the factory lines are made of, Then, of
> course, you will have to find a way to secure it to the factory fittings.
> Of
> course, you won't end up with the nice looking braided stainless over
> them,
> but hey, at least you have the factory inner line.
>
> I don't know the IDof the factory front lines on teh V8. However, I just
> noticed Lowes has some 200PSI 1/4" id plastic/rubber fuel line.It will fit
> right onto the factory banjo fitting for the fuel pump on my 4000CSQ, so
> I'm
> thinking it has many uses in the Audi realm of things. Next time a set of
> lines rusts out (front to rear of car) that's what I'm using for
> replacement.
>
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: Re: [V8] Merry Christmas
>
>
> I just had mine rebuilt.  I didn't even look for OEM -assuming that either
> they were $800 each and or NLA.
> I had them use high temp hose after I found a previously rebuilt main
> supply
> hose broke due to the under hood heat turning it to glass.  It was cheap,
> but it would be wise to inspect them regularly since the OEM hose is a lot
> different that what I can find aftermarket - meaning that the OEM stuff
> has
> a hard inner part and everything else is some rubber compound.
>
> Dave
>
>