Mine leaked in the same place and I used a second clamp to help prevent leaking. Has worked for several years now. 

Stephen

Mobile

> On Nov 18, 2018, at 11:16 PM, Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG> wrote:
> 
> I'd welcome some advice on a new leak.
> 
> My '84 Westy was parked for two months.  I started it today to prepare
> for a Thanksgiving trip.  I opened the engine compartment to check for
> mice and to watch for leaks and so on.
> 
> https://sbw.org/sbwsty/
> 
> Within a few minutes of starting the engine, I noted fuel leaking from
> the return line just forward of where it passes through the grommet at
> the front of the engine compartment.  On closer inspection, I could see
> the fuel was leaking where the flexible line from the pressure regulator
> joins the hard plastic line that runs forward to the tank.  The flexible
> line slides over the plastic line and is secured with a hose clamp.
> 
> Is that the usual setup, with the hard line running forward to the tank
> from there?  The hard plastic line looks kinda old, which is frustrating
> because I had the fuel tank replaced just before my last trip in
> September.  I wish I had thought to tell the shop to replace the ENTIRE
> return line.  (The fuel supply line, filter, pump, and pressure
> regulator were replaced.)
> 
> I loosened the hose clamp and pulled the lines apart.  The plastic line
> looks a bit squished near the end.  I slid the lines back together and
> tried to position the hose clamp over a non-squished part of the plastic
> line and tightened it down good.
> 
> I ran the engine a bit more, and it looks like the leak has stopped.
> I'll check it again before I leave on my trip.
> 
> I know older rubber lines sometimes will leak when they've dried out,
> then stop leaking when they get saturated with fuel.  This line doesn't
> look very old.  The surface isn't checked or cracked.  Easy enough to
> replace it.  I doubt the shop replaced the lines when they put the new
> regulator in.
> 
> What's your advice?  OK to travel, if it's not leaking when I check it
> again?  Should I replace the line when it's convenient?  Any other
> action I should take?
> 
> Thanks!