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• Re: Off topic but fun, Wife saves the car engine
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:24:22 -0500
  ...The transport was $94. > > Peninsula changed all of the fuel lines, the firewall fuel fitting, and > the plastic injector rails with aluminum rails. Also...
• Fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jul 95 21:16:20 -0700
  ...SO, I put a hose clamp from my tool box on the line (oh yeah, I looked at ALL the fuel lines, from tank...
• Re: Replacing metal coolant hoses with copper?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Tue, 3 May 2005 03:06:12 -0230
  ...or even a FLAPS ( NAPA would be good ) > > and ask them why is a poor idea for brake and fuel lines, let alone > > water...
• Re: Diesel questions
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:25:36 -0700
  ...Diesel Quantum/Passat from 80's) have parts of the fuel lines using metal tubing. Look near the tank and under the car. With...
• Re: Fuel line size question
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Sat, 22 May 2004 22:00:12 -0400
  ...TEMiller Kevin wrote: >Anyone know the size of the fuel line before the pump for a 2wd? >Thanks >Kevin >87 Westy >Burlington VT >--- >Outgoing...
• Fuel Filter Question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Shane
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 12:09:56 -0400
  ...gas spillage, or is fuel not runing through the lines when the engine is not running? (AKA no fuel pump action going on) Do...
• Re: Risk of fire?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 1 May 2003 10:41:01 -0400
  ...I remember one person on the Type 2 list describing grabbing the fuel line leading from the tank and having it snap like twig...
• Re: Whoa fuel pump is noisy!
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 21:19:56 -0500
  ...Someone told me that there's a way to reverse the lines from the fuel tank, so that the pump is spewing the excess...
• Re: RE 87 2.1 Fuel Line
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:37:21 -0800
  ...They are available new and some fuel line replacement kits even include a new one. Otherwise, replace it with a metal junction or skip...
• Re: '85 gl 1.9 manual - bogging out - no power over 2nd gear
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:46:36 -0400
  ...I replaced all the fuel line from the tank to the small plastic line (everything int he engine bay was done a couple of...
• Fuel filter/engine code.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:26:38 -0500
  ...Correct? Do I need to depressurize the fuel line as the Haynes book says, or will it loose pressure overnight? TIA, Jim & Herbie, 85...
• Re: Fuel injection trouble
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:51:14 -0500
  TJ, Good clean fuel in the lines does not necessarily mean fuel pressure. Do you have a way to measure your line fuel pressure...
• Re: New fuel line disintegrates
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 1 Nov 2008 16:03:58 -0400
  ...Benny Boy http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm
• Re: Check those fuel lines!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 21:02:31 -0700
  ...10, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com> wrote: > > ...a grommet for the fuel line through the > > firewall, which is not a stock item but something...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT O UELTZEN
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:10:26 -0800
  ...unused fuel to the regular gas tank, no? I suppose you could connect a hose from the fuel return line of the fuel pressure...
• Re: Does this look like a fuel leak?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:36:06 -0800
  ...I suppose it's also possible > > that what looks like fuel stains could have come from some penetrating > > solvent used in the fuel line...
• Re: fuel leaks
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Tue, 24 May 2005 21:57:47 -0400
  <" If replacing fuel lines, I would say get rid of this fitting and run a single piece of fuel line from the pump all...
• Re: Kombi on fire
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 6 Oct 95 17:21:22 EDT
  > > Does fuel injection protect against this type of fire? (no carb, fuel > > lines configured differently) > > My uncle haa a 76 that sprung a leak...
• Re: Fuel Line Replacement Kits Galore!
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 20 Aug 2017 08:30:58 -0700
  I use BMW fuel lines with Stainless Steel clamps all over, including both ends of the injectors' short hose. When someone wants me to...
• Re: Van-Cafe fuel-line firewall adapter
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:01:35 -0700
  ...with the Van-Cafe fuel-line firewall adapter > > ( > > > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1130_499/fuel_line_firewall_adapter.html > > )? > > If...
• JUST TINKERING WITH MY '84 GL WHEN......
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 13:56:42 -0600
  ...I CHANGED MY FUEL FILTER BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET TO THE CLAMPS OR FUEL LINE (THAT PROBABLY NEEDED TO BE CHANGED MORE THAN...
• Re: Fuel Line replacement w/gas in tank
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:58:49 -0700
  ...Fuel Line replacement w/gas in tank > In "Round" numbers, the gas will weigh 8 lbs per gallon (10 gallons will > be around 80...
• brake line fix but safe
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:36:47 -0500
  ...Problem it is over the fuel tank. can i run a new line and tap into the old line where i can reach it...
• Re: New fuel line disintegrates
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 05:02:20 EST
  ...Never had a problem with their fuel line. From my _Vanagon New Parts_ (http://frankcondelli.com/sales.htm) webpage > Fuel hose 7 x 2...
• Fuel
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:18:17 -0400
  ...I've replaced the fuel tank, fuel lines, and fuel pump. The last suggested cause is the fuel pressure regulator. I'd like to...
• Re: What next? ... GREMLINS STILL OCCUPY 80 CA VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:27:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...lines are clogged or blocked, > will a 'vapor lock' situation arise that would produce similar behavior? ????????? In an '80 FI van the fuel pump...
• Burnt Van Photos
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 16:12:08 -0700
  Ben, I used your fuel line page (http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm) - probably wouldn't have done it myself w/out the...
• Re: how 2 block fuel lines ?
  Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
  Sun, 4 Feb 1996 22:22:59 -0800 (PST)
  hello, I read recently in one of the archives about using golf-tees to plug the fuel line fot engine removal. I know they...
• Fuel tank ??
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 21:29:28 -0500
  Has anyone had any experience with the fittings on top of the fuel tank leaking? Where does the return line enter the tank? I...
• Re: Risk of fire?
  Historical mailing list - James Walldow
  Fri, 2 May 2003 17:34:07 -0800
  shawn..........theres lots of stories out there of our vans catching on fire.......what i did, was have all my fuel lines replaced with...
• fuel line replacement (7mm vs 5/16")
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:24:09 -0400
  I'm working toward total fuel line replacement. Seems like 7mm is the actual correct size hose that was specified by VW, but 5...
• Re: Fuel Regulator pt 1 of 3
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 11 May 2001 23:45:54 -0400
  ...Line "when the fuel pump comes on...The higher the pressure, the more >the diaphragm moves away from the return pipe..." > >It is in...
• Re: Fuel Rails on Stock WBX
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 13 May 2008 08:32:43 -0700
  ...need a fuel rail on a WBX? > > Couldn't you put the same thing together with some metal tees and fuel line > and proper...
• Re: ALERT! Brand new fuel hoses failing!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:23:27 -0400
  ...One failed. > > > > > > - The name of the fuel line is COHLINE. > > - If you bought and received COHLINE please CHECK YOUR FI hoses NOW! > > - If you...
• Re: 5/16" High Pressure Fuel Lines OK?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:13:44 -0800
  ...replaced the narsty old HP fuel lines on top o' the engine with > 5/16", not 7mm, lines from the local Kragen. They fit...
• Re: fuel leaks
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 24 May 2005 23:01:49 -0400
  Both my '84 GL 7 pass and my '85 Westy have the plastic firewall fuel union. Mike C. MilosKitchen wrote: > <" If replacing fuel lines...
• Re: Injector heater
  Historical mailing list - Dan Winget
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:50:40 -0400
  ...Dan Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote: >Okay, so I was talking with the shop manager at place that recently >replaced my fuel lines...
• Re: Plastic fuel line
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 18:52:54 -0800
  very hard for me to imagine that black plastic stock fuel line wearing out .. I've never seen one deteriorated in any way .. unless...
• Re: buzzing fuel pump - addtional info
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 05:58:27 -0600
  ...You can clamp the fuel line with a long nose vise grip with hose on the jaws, then remove the vise grips to test...
• Re: Leaky diesel
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 20:37:17 -0500
  ...I'd first check the fabric covered fuel lines between the #1 injector and the fuel pump, as well as the lines between each...
• Re: 1987 Westy Fuel Line hoses inside diameters
  Historical mailing list - RiffOil
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:36:24 -0700
  ...Canister - to fuel line ** > > 7x3 > >> 5. Fuel line - thru firewall fitting > > 8x1 plastic tubing, shouldn't need replacing as such. p/n for 5m...
• Re: Fuel Injection Hose-----what size ID.....7mm?
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 19:37:17 -0800
  ...I have recently learned that there is a > > difference between standard fuel line and that for fuel injection. The > > latter is high pressure (electronic...
• Re: Vanagon Fire Photos
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 19:56:50 -0500
  ...I have found that gasoline weeps a bit from fuel line connections if I'm working nearby and move them around. What do you...
• Fuel Lines Must be Changed by now
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 3 Jun 2010 15:53:15 -0700
  I still come across vans that have the original fuel lines in them. Amaizing. Some of them thirty years old. But even if it...
• Re: Engine fire... again! You can't please them all.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 18 May 2008 18:06:41 -0700
  ...I been hearing you guys go on and on about the fuel lines like how bad could they be, mine are only 24 years...
• Re: tracking down gas smell tips needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:48:47 -1000
  for sure you gotta get that 86 type fuel filter leak fixed right away. on the engine fuel lines .. I'd look REAL REAL...
• vacuum lines
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 15:37:39 -0400
  I am thinking of changing all of my vacuum lines when I change my fuel lines. Are they all the same? Where can I...
• More Eurovan Engine Fires
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:57:51 -0700
  ...Originally I had looked under the catagory entitled "FUEL: FUEL LINES:HOSES:NON-METALLIC". Just for the heck of it I cruised through the...
• Re: Gypsy is gone...
  Historical mailing list - Detroit Bus
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:23:00 -0500
  Perhaps the "best" possible response to Deb's sad misfortune would be the upgrading and replacement of fuel lines on old VWs all over...
• Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:40:01 -0700
  ...Fuel line leak? Anybody know who's van or how it happened? I asked the folks at the market and they really didn't...
• RE: Cow magnets?? was: Backup halogens?
  Historical mailing list - Eric L. Borgen
  Mon, 08 Apr 96 07:53:00 PDT
  ...I Imagine That On The Fuel Line, It Would Serve Largely The Same Purpose. (Which, By THe Way Sounds Like A Good Idea!) -Eric...
• Re: Fuel lines, one more time...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Bey
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 08:25:46 EDT
  On the subject of fuel lines, would a marine grade be a better investment??? Danno In a message dated 10/20/98 7:07...
• Re: Fuel Lines Reminder
  Historical mailing list - Hugo Varotto
  Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:14:57 -0700
  ...Hugo On Oct 27, 2008, at 8:11 PM, Benny boy wrote: > http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm > > Ben
• Re: Fuel Lines...my turn! And a replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 25 May 2005 19:33:45 -0700
  ...Once the plastic fuel line exploded > shortly after morning start up.The line that goes from the pump to the > junction.I put a...
• Re: worm type fuel line clamps
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:22:38 -0700
  ...Haven't found a complete source for > smaller diameter hoses like fuel lines. > > http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/detail.ex?sku=0427799&ucst...
• Re: Hose on Fuel Injectors - replaceable?
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 17:37:40 -0400
  ...replacing the fuel lines in the engine bay, you > DON'T replace the lines between the injectors and the > black plastic fuel rails, right...
• Re: Running Rich, need help (and wierd fuel pressure)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 15:20:32 -0700
  ...Check the freedom of flow of the fuel return line. One fuel line from the pressure reg returns excess pressure (fuel) to the tank...
• Re: Question about fuel injector hose
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:42:13 -0500
  http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm That may help you...... Ben http://www.benplace.com/vw2.htm
• New stock fuel tank problems
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Mon, 2 Oct 2000 11:04:30 -0400
  ...I thought no problem I will go get the white square filter and run 1/2 " fuel line from the tank to the filter...
• Re: Disaster avoided
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:46:08 -0400
  On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, VWNut Hawk wrote: > It has been posted many times but, CHANGE YOUR FUEL LINES. Not just on Vanagons, either...