

| Subject: | Re: Don't waste your money. Fuel Line's - Filters etc to prevent leaks? |
| From: | Steve Delanty |
| Date: | Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:07:15 -0800 |
Ben wrote: >The flat4 by design need many flexible Fuel line to get fuel to each >cylinder. Pre-80 VW bus's had the same problem! --- I think the flat 4 doesn't really *need* lots of flexible hose... That's just the way the lazy VW engineers chose to do it. On the subaru, the injectors live inside a metal housing and are sealed by o-rings. Most of the fuel plumbing is steel tubing and sealed by o-ringed, flanged connections. It makes for a pretty leak resistant system with only 3 rubber fuel hoses in the engine compartment. There's one high pressure hose from the chassis to the engine, one low pressure (return) hose from the engine back to the chassis, and one short (4") hose on the low pressure return side of the fuel pressure regulator. It's a pretty sanitary system really, unlike the crazy maze of rubber hose and connections that VW chose to use. You can see what the subaru injector setup looks like here: <http://www.weirdstuffwemake.com/automotive/vanagon/suburvan/misc_pics/ej22_fuel_distribution.jpg> Steve EJ22 -> '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
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