Re: pinhole in fuel supply line

[Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>]

Juno Cobram wrote:

>  "Jim Dhillon" <jdhillon@cibc.onramp.ca> writes:
>
> >My 86 5KTQ has a rust pinhole in the pressure line underneath the
> >right
> >front passenger area. Upon further examination, it seems that wherever
>
>    Had the lines on the '84 5KS spring some pinhole leaks too.
>   I cut out the offending sections (small, like you said, where the
>   rubber clips were) and replaced it with high pressure fuel line.
>    That was about 2 years ago, and no more leaks yet.  I have
>   been meaning to replace the lines, just haven't gotten around
>   to it, I don't think the OEM fuel lines are that expensive, and
>   they were available from an alternate parts source.

I'm assuming that when you say "high pressure fuel line" you are referring
to rubber fuel hose? If so, I would double clamp each end of the hose,
with the screw adjusters at 180 degree seperation, just to be safe. It's
an old trick for auto trans cooler lines, but I would do it on any fuel
line repairs just to be safe.

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