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Subject:Re: Risk of fire?
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Thu, 1 May 2003 10:41:01 -0400

On Thu, 1 May 2003, mark drillock wrote:

> After a few times of seeing a tiny geyser of gasoline coming from an
> otherwise ok LOOKING fuel line you may change your view of this.

From what I've heard oxygenated fuel may be part of the issue.  It hardens
rubber.  I remember one person on the Type 2 list describing grabbing the
fuel line leading from the tank and having it snap like twig in his hand.

Replacement seems like cheap insurance to me.  With the engine in back
it's likely you won't smell a fuel leak before it finds an ignition
source.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si