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> From: The Carters <lcarter@cowichan.com>
> To: van <vanagon@vanagon.com>
> Subject: fuel manifold problems
> Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 1:21 PM
>
> Hello;  I have an 87 GL, while I was getting a little muffler welding
done
> when the mechanic noticed a little fuel leak from the capped end of the
> little fuel manifold which hovers over the injectors on the right side of
> the engine.  My wife drove the van home worried that it would burst into
> flames at any moment.  I took the air cleaner box off and tried to
tighten
> the hose clamps down, as it appeared to be leaking from the front fuel
> hose.  Tightening the hose didn't help as fuel still weeped.
> I called my FLAPS, they wanted $182 for that little manifold, about the
> size of a half smoked cigar.
> Luckily for me Ole's VW Repair had a "slightly used" one for $30.  I
> installed that and ran the engine it seems to have solved the problem.
> The leak is from the end cap, which seems to me that it would be easy to
> seal using seal-all or epoxy.
> I wonder if anyone has had any sucess with this repair.

>
> Larry