So the important variables are (1) if the car is old, and (2) if it has fuel
injection.
So the Vanagon qualifies.   OK.  ph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Bus Depot [SMTP:ron@netcarrier.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 5:21 PM
> To:   Philip Hanson (Volt Computer); vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      RE: Are Vanagons more fire oriented than any other old car?
>
>
> > We all know that replacing the fuel lines is important in the
> > Vanagon, mainly because of their age.  So, does the same apply to all
> old
> > cars that the lines should be replaced?  What is it about the air cooled
> > vanagons and the water ones that makes this such a problem; and, are the
> > older buses at risk of the same problems, 195?- 1979?
>
>
> The fuel injected VW's have much higher fuel pressure than the carbourated
> ones.  I can only speak from VW van experience, but from this standpoint
> all
> fuel injected busses (that is, 1975 on) are at risk.  Even the smallest
> pinhole in a fuel line will cause it to "piss" fuel all over the engine
> compartment in a steady, high-pressure stream, while a similar pinhole in
> a
> carbourated bus fuel line is more likely to seep than to shoot fuel.
> Therefore, the former is more likely to spray fuel onto a source of
> ignition.  On the other hand, using old, dryrotted fuel line on any bus
> (or
> car) is certainly a fire hazard.
>
> - Ron Salmon
>  The Bus Depot
>  http://www.busdepot.com
>