My question is: Where did this "rebuilt" injector come from?  It seems to
have been equipped with very poor quality hose.

Larry A.

On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Bryan Feddish
<uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>