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Subject:Re: those of you who have installed a fuel line replacement kit
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:31:07 -0500

You'll find that quality Fuel Injection Line doesn't compress as readily as
cheap Fuel Injection Line.
In summation get good FI line from a good source and not from Chief/Auto
Zone or other mass bubble pack reseller.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pensioner" <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: those of you who have installed a fuel line replacement kit

> This problem is a direct result of using the screw clamps which compress
the
> rubber a fixed amount to a fixed diameter.  Spring clamps a much better
> solution apply a relatively constant clamping force regardless of small
> changes in the diameter of the hose and tube assembly due to age (my
excuse)
> or low local temperature.

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