

| Subject: | Re: Was fuel leak? Now: appropriate route for fuel lines |
| From: | T Collins |
| Date: | Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:25:01 -0500 |
Niel i love to see picture of your engine bay.... I really dont like running my lines under the runners. Thanks, Tony On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:59 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > I may get flack for this as it's not OEM and I ain't no mechanic but..... > > In deleting that plastic transition, I massaged things so the send and > return hoses are located roughly mid point at the firewall. I made a > stainless steel bracket for each hose, and used a rubber strap like > this (image): > http://www.elecdirect.com/images/pageheaders/RubberInsulatedCableClamps.jpg > to hold each hose to each new bracket. > > I didn't like that the OEM sleeves showed signs of heat damage so > routed the new hoses more or less on top of the intake runners. > "Tencentlife" aka Chris Corkin on thesamba does this on his WBX > rebuilds. > > NOT saying what I did is correct, but now the fuel hoses don't contact > the block, the metal "T" is strapped to the regulator, and the send > hose is further away from the B+ connection at starter. (kind of moot > since the plastic transition is deleted) Parts of hose that may rub > are sleeved with cut up bits of the OEM material and I used small bits > of split new hose to protect the hose(s) from the cable straps used to > secure them to the intake runners. > > Neil. > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 12:23 PM, T Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I figure I separate this from the previous tread since I think the > question > > I'm asking has morphed far to much from what the op was asking. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: *T Collins* > > Date: Friday, February 1, 2013 > > Subject: Does this look like a fuel leak? > > To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> > > Cc: "vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com" <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > > > > > > So here is my question for all of you that have fully replaced the fuel > > lines. How did you all arrange the lines after you replace them? > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: > > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines >
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