[Vwdiesel] [Diesel-Vanagon] Broken injector line "saga"

jon jon at kenneke.com
Tue May 2 16:50:57 EDT 2006


Answered my own question: autohausaz.com has them, and for an affordable
price.

Amazing what google can do. ;)

J

On Tue, 2 May 2006, jon wrote:

>
> Day before yesterday my 1.9NA Vanagon started running rough at idle. It
> would run fine at higher RPMs.
>
> Then, I notice a leaking fuel on the driveway. My first thought was fuel
> hose finally rotted (I run B100), and was leaking and sucking air.
>
> So, I popped the engine cover, started the engine, and got a nice
> biodiesel shower. ;/ The cylinder 2 fuel injector line was leaking
> (well spraying fuel) near it's connection to the IP.
>
> It's interesting to note that the crack in the line was not big enough to
> prevent the injector from getting fuel at higher RPMs.
>
> Fortunately, I have a set of used injector lines. I snagged the right one,
> installed it, and problem solved.
>
> Question: is there a source of new injector lines? Seems like I read/heard
> that they are NLA from VW.
>
> Question 2: Does anyone have a good set they want to sell me? I like
> having spares of everything.
>
> ;)
>
> Jon
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