

| Subject: | Re: New fuel line disintegrates |
| From: | Chris S |
| Date: | Sun, 2 Nov 2008 00:17:36 -0400 |
I had my fuel lines fail within a week of replacing them. I also posted appropriate warnings here and on Samba. On 11/1/08, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Arrrrghhhhh!!! > > Not even a month ago I replaced all the fuel line in the van. Was about > to take it on a spin to check out all the new shifter parts and I > thought what the heck, I'll take a quick peek in the engine compartment. > Well good thing I did because there is fuel oozing out around all the > plastic "covers" on the lines that run to and from the injector rails. > > So guess I'll be doing that job again -- who sells the *factory* fuel > line? I bought "OEM" german fuel injector line but clearly it was not > up to snuff. I'm not going to embarass the vendor publicly because I > have no doubt he'll make it right, but ultimately the line came from > a World Pac distribution facility. > > I even used OEM-type crimp (Oettinger) clamps. Gawd what a > frustration.... > > Allan > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL > -- Sent from my mobile device Chris S. Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
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