RE: Fuel Line Leak at Crimp

["Iain Atkinson (ETL)" <iain.atkinson@etl.ericsson.se>]

Tony

I wouldn't mess with re crimping on a fuel line, especially with the thought of it coming off altogether and spraying fuel on a hot mainfold. Buy a new one.


HTH

Iain

-----Original Message-----
From:	Komljanec, Tony [mailto:tkomljan@Mobility.com]
Sent:	03 November 1999 14:13
To:	'quattro@audifans.com'
Subject:	Fuel Line Leak at Crimp

Gentlepeople:

Is there any BTDT on trying to re-crimp a leaking fuel line?  The car is a
'93 100 CSQ.  Beside / from the fuel filter, the braided flex hose is
crimped to green tubing.  This would be under pressure and leaks a bit at
start up, especially now with cold starts.  Rather than replace, I was first
considering if an attempt to re-squeeze the crimp would have a chance. Any
advice would be appreciated.    

For info, other problems my car has had since it went out of warranty (now
at 122k km):  Leaking head gaskets ($$$), leaking hydraulic hose, heater
blower motor bearings.  All typical problems that have been noted on the
q-list (but denied by Audi warranty:  "Sorry, you are on your own").  The
problems seem normal if I compare with my FORD product, however Ford seems
quicker to recognize common faults and has issued 4 recalls so far for my
wagon .  And yes, one of the recalls was for faulty head gaskets.    

Ha, we had our first snow today in the Toronto area!  It has come a month
early!  Tomorrow, temperatures will be back up to normal.

Tony K