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Subject:Re: Aluminum Fuel Rails (aftermarket)
From:Stacy Schneider
Date:Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:04:09 -0700

I have a set of his fuel rails ,they are very well made. I opted for only
having on drilling in the body instead of an extra for a gauge. He was very
nice about it and made me a custom set. They are very close to being
installed . This will be one of the last pieces eliminated in both my
cooling and fuel system.

2011/6/20 Oxroad <oxroad@gmail.com>

> On that note Chris--
>
> I would ask; Looking at a smoldering smoking carcass of a Vanagon gutted by
> fire with every rubber and plastic part formerly in the engine compartment
> now melted into a bubbling puddle of guck under the Vanagon, how would one
> know if it was the fuel line, fuel connection through the firewall, or fuel
> rail that failed to become the cause of the fuel leak that started the
> fire?
>
> I'm just saying. ;)
>
> Best,
> Jeff
> 83.5 Westy
> LA, CA
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I do not recall the plastic fuel rails as a common source of spontaneous
> > combustion. Fuel lines, yes.
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > Wys�ane z iPhone'a
> >
> >
> >
>

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