Date:         Wed, 23 Jul 2003 20:30:29 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: '80 Westy - Fuel Line Replacement Time
Comments: To: Jason Milam <jason_milam@HOTMAIL.COM>
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This is one of the more confusing "maintenance" issues surrounding our
Vanagons.

If you ordered the Part Number "Fuel1" kit from Van-Again then, as far as I
know, you've got enough 7mm line for the entire run from gas tank, through
the engine compartment and back to the  gas tank.

Inside the engine compartment itself something around 1 foot of 7mm line is
sufficient.  Originally, the run from the front engine tin up to the gas
tank, on both sides, was a hard plastic line which fit *into* 7mm line at
the tin and at the gas tank.  Since this "kit" is selling you 10ft of 7mm
rubber line I can only assume the idea is to eliminate the hard plastic line
and replace it with 7mm rubber line.

Maybe one of the vendors can tell us about the "missing" hard plastic line
and why it isn't offered.

If you're in "maintenance" mode you might as well go ahead and replace the
fuel injector seals.  4 large and 4 small will do it.
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Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Milam" <jason_milam@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:08 PM
Subject: '80 Westy - Fuel Line Replacement Time



> I'm in need of a little maintenence advice. I want to renew the fuel lines
> on my
> '80 Westy. I ordered the kit from Van-Again which apparently has enough
line
> and clamps for the engine compartment. (Hasn't been delivered yet.) Does
it
> make sense to go ahead and renew the supply and return lines? Are these
> segments the same 7mm high-pressure line? Can anyone say how much
additional
> line I'd need to do the whole job bumper-to-bumper? What do I need for the
> larger diameter segment from the filter to the pump?
>
> Does it make sense to go ahead and renew my fuel injector seals while I'm
at
> it.
> Van-Again offers two sizes. Do I need four of the large ones and four of
the
> small
> ones?