John,

The "goo" that came dripped a dime size varnish onto the top of the engine
and it has hardened to amost glass. Not very "goo-ie" at all.

Shawn

On 7/21/06, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  I noted there are "odd" sleeves over the lines running to the
> > injectors and they have to have a "goop" in there like a varnish that
> > has
> > dripped out of one. Is this an adhesive for the sleeve? None would think
> > gas
> > and varnish are a logical connection but fuel definitely streams/drips
> > when
> > there is a leak so I'm not concern until reading this.
>
>
> I had the same thing-- a trickle of black tarry/resiny goop-- with
> brand-new fuel line in brand-new sleeve material. The sleeves are just some
> sort of abrasion protective plastic, so it didn't come from that. The fuel
> line outer jacket was fairly sticky right out of the box though, so maybe
> it's the source? Perhaps residual solvent from the manufacturing process in
> the outer jacket, cured out in the hot engine compartment? At any rate, it
> only happened on the one fuel line from the bleeder tee to the starboard
> fuel rail. I took the line off examined it thoroughly, put a new gray sleeve
> over it, and reinstalled it. Not a drop since-- and I've been keeping a
> close eye on it. Maybe it was a miniscule leak at one end or the other,  but
> I think it unlikely. The fuel line arcs in a gentle inverted U between the
> two endpoints and the goop was inside the sleeve, "uphill" from both ends.
> If it was a leak in the line, it's apparently fixed itself. Very mysterious.
> I'd love to hear if others have had this show up.
>
> --
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
>

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1986 vw vanagon gl westfalia
1993 vw eurovan gl
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maintenance, accept the dog)...

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