you can use a piece of old hose to make a protective cover where evert
the hose rubs
On 5-May-10, at 7:15 AM, Michael Sullivan wrote:

> OK, so I have smelled a light gas scent recently and the last thing
> to do
> after fixing up the van was to check the new fuel lines installed
> about 1.5
> years ago.  Found that the clamps on the fuel filter under the
> slider were
> kinda loose so I thought I found the leak. After hitting the road
> for about
> 1/2 mile yesterday, I smelled gas and pulled over. With engine
> running, I
> could SEE gas dripping out onto hot exhaust pipe! Pulled the hatch
> and the
> hose from where the old plastic firestarter was(eliminated it when I
> changed
> the hoses previously) was rubbed through.  This is the hose from the
> hard
> plastic fuel line, ran under the firewall and then goes to the 'T'
> near the
> pulley and out to each side of engine. The wear spot was right in
> the middle
> of this length of hose. Pulled some new hose from the ER kit and
> fixed in a
> minute and re-arranged hoses and zip-tied.  Still not sure what it
> rubbed
> against, but folks might want to check this area and the clamps on
> the fuel
> filter.  I always carry my fire extinguisher, just in case though.
> Happy
> Trails.
> P.S.  I was having a bad day before this happened.  Could have
> turned out
> worse.
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
> 73 Beetle