When I re-did my fuel tank seals a few weeks ago I just plain ran out of
good German clamps and I had to resort to using gear head cheese grater
clamps on the supply line from fuel tank to fuel pump. I'm sorry, I know I
have sinned! But Sunday is hard day to get that kind of part in a town with
no marine supply stores.

So... really... am I just wondering whether I should make the extra effort
to dump the fuel again to switch out the clamps... or just let it roll for a
year or two...? Keeping in mind I live in a dry, no-rust area.

-Peter
89 Wolfsburg

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> hi,
>
> yes agreed, but there is cracking and there is CRACKING :)
>
> this was pretty bad, you could tell without cutting. I am assuming
> they were stock, based on the date stamp on the longer fuel lines.
> Those longer lines looked pretty good, with only some cracking
> internally at the ends.
>
> I should also mention to replace the clamps if they are rusty. And
> use the proper clamps, not the common gear head cheese grater kind.
>
> Ben has a good description of all this on his site, here;
> http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 3-Jun-10, at 2:49 PM, Jeff wrote:
>
> First, let me say that I agree that replacing old fuel lines is
> extremely
> important, however... the cracking on the outside of the fuel lines
> can be
> deceptive as this kind of cracking can happen quite fast.
>
> Unfortunately, it's kind of a catch-22.  In order to truly check your
> lines,
> you need to cut them open lengthwise and inspect the inner portion.
> At that
> point, you need to replace them anyways.  Sigh...  Just can't win.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>