On the 'other side' of the firewall  from the engine compartment,
where your metal firewall fitting is ..
on that back side, if it's like all other vanagons I've seen, there is a
short hose, about 2 inches long.
At the forward end of that hose, where it is clamped by a crimp type
small hose clamp originally,
that is The Spot that leaks.
   If there is a screw type hose clamp there it's probably ok.
if original crimp type...that's where they leak.

Scott
www.turbovans.com

On 6/26/2012 6:57 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> "Mine is done with a grommet and a direct fuel hose, no connections
> > at all at that position."  mcneely
>
> "Get underneath and look a little farther forward...that's the third
> connection Stuart is talking about, direct hose to hose." Beirel
>
> Wait, what? I found no plastic fitting in the forward firewall on my
> '84, finding instead a metal fitting there. One hose from the front
> connects to the forward side, another to the engine side. Been under the
> van several times (despite not enjoying it at all) and have seen no
> other breaks in the fuel line. Pls to show the "[...] little farther
> forward [...[] third connection" in Ye Bentleye?
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>