Typical of a dealer service manager, not to seem to be bothered with a
genuine problem that could risk many lives.......
  I was also considering this idea of replacing all the flex hose on the
engine with a steel line and short hose sections where necessary; as was
done with the AC 2.0 van engines from '80 to '83.  I have a full set of
tubing fromk one of these, to try this conversion project.  The only
downside that I can see so far, is that the distance between the injector
tee's is too great for the WBX intake and would necessitate an extra
cut-and-splice point there.  Anyone out there have experience with this?

Mike B.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Streib" <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: Engine cover, History

> Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> writes:
>
>> It's not just the VWs.  All neglected fuel lines will eventually leak
>> onto
>> something that causes fuel to ignite.
>>
>> Interestingly enough I have never seen a VW on fire but I have seen
>> several
>> Chevys, Fords, and, oh my.. even a Honda!
>
> I had a fuel line on a '91 Jetta that was rubbing against a metal clip
> the engine compartment and eventually wore through.  Luckily I smelled
> the gas before it caught fire.  I informed the local dealer since this
> obviously was an issue from the factory (might have been a one-off
> problem but was not something I had ever touched) but he was not
> really interested.
>
> I've been thinking of replacing all the rubber fuel lines that snake
> across the engine with a custom metal fuel pipe setup that connects to
> the "rails" with short sections of rubber tube at just that point.
> Anyone tried anything along these lines?
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL