Old fuel lines. Metal and rubber. Worn grommets between metal line and
engine tin (air cooled) Little plastic transitions from fuel supply
hose to fuel hose in the engine bay. (WBX) In the case of the Jetta
engine, worn or incorrectly installed FI "O" rings between fuel rail
and head, the fuel rail itself, fuel pressure regulator and/or it's
seals on fuel rail, etc. Also from what I've seen, there are some fuel
rails (Jetta) that have a connection to test fuel pressure. It's on
the firewall end of the rail. Not sure if that every leaks, but
something to check.

As a newb to Westies/Vanagons, I didn't even think of checking the
fuel lines. For that matter, it wasn't shown as something the
mechanics checked before I purchased it!

As you did (I assume), I put in new fuel hose for my ABA conversion.
Regardless, I will visually check fuel related stuff and have a sniff
around every time I look in the engine bay.

Cheers,

Neil.

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Ikard <fikard@comcast.net> wrote:
> OK you guys are makin me nervous. My first van and I have converted the
> power plant to a Jetta. Why do Vans catch fire?
>
> Charlie Ikard
> 80 Vanagon
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