You can cut the hose off and replace it, but you'll need a proper clamp and correct fuel line (which is what I did when I replaced my fuel lines. Reusing the ring is not a good idea, they are usually very rusty and designed for specialized equipment.

Ken Wilford shows you how (about 9:30 min in):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEWk7iAnl7U  Replace all your injector hoses, this is often not done when the fuel lines are replaced!

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Feddish
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 1:13 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Home safe but still a question about that FI plug...

Thanks again to everyone that helped on Thursday. I had just parked the van in the rare coveted parking spaces along the boardwalk in Cape May, NJ when I found the leak in the FI hose. I still have a question about that plug.  Please take a look at http://www.csp-dev.com/vw/fi1.html . The top green plug was the one in question. Everyone told me to press down on the wire to expand the wire around the ears.  As you can see by the picture, the wire doesn’t appear it wants to go anywhere in  any direction.   I ended up just prying the jack off over the ears.  What am I missing here? Is this plug broken or is there some other way to neatly get it off?

The second picture down is the old injector. What I am curios about this is why does the hose appear to be attached permantely to the injector?   Could I have replaced this hose? I ended up putting in a spare injector I carry with my parts bag.  

It was a white knuckle ride back to PA as I wasn’t sure the used injector I put in was OK. For some odd reason I’ve most of  my mechanical issues on my 4th of July journeys in the last few years.

And yes, I replaced all of my fuel lines a few years ago and this injector is a rebuild from only a few years ago. It could have easily caused a fire.  I’m surprised it did not.  I ordered a brand new one to replace it.

Thanks,
Bryan