Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:47:33 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: Re: Vanagon burned to the ground ( long reply)
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George, the pictures you have shown are great!
This is exactly the same problem I had just recently. The hose just
forward of the plastic piece (front of firewall) had simply some loose.
This hose WAS NOT replaced when the engine compartement hoses were
redone on my van. Should have been but was missed. I think the clamp was
loose because the rubber rotted and shrank sufficiently for the clamp to
become loose, and the hose popped loose under the fuel pressure.
Good Job!!!
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD wrote:
> A couple of days before that burned Van, I opened our engine cover for
> some final inspection after all the upgrades. I asked my wife to turn
> the engine on and what do I see? Gas dripping down the
> transmission/engine like a broken faucet. My wife said "I smell gas
> hon". I said "I see gas hon".
> So, I am thinking that it could be the same problem that other burned
> vans have had.
> As you face the engine, there is a plastic T piece on the upper front
> engine wall (right above the starter and behind the AFM boot) that
> connects the main fuel line from the front body with the gas lines in
> the engine compartment.
> Go to http://pe.usf.edu/~gstylia/fuelleak.jpg to see the picture.
> I am talking about the white connector T bolted to the wall (2 bolts)
> just behind the purple vacuum line.
>
> Initially, I thought that the plastic piece was cracked. I tried to
> unscrew the hose piece (about one inch long on the body's side), and
> found it to be loose and old (not even high pressure fuel line). The
> leak was from a loose clamp. Actually, the hose was old and was bad. The
> plastic T piece was not broken. The hose was pretty bad. I replaced the
> hose with high pressure fuel injection hose (from PepBoys, $2.49).
> I have been watching it since and see no apparent leakage, but I have a
> pair of leather gloves and a fire extinguisher handy. The leather
> gloves, to be able to open the engine cover if hot when under fire.
>
> Feel free to replace that piece of hose right away (no more than $5 of
> an expense). It was a little frightening reading that story and others a
> couple of days later. I was lucky to witness the leak just like that.
>
> Best,
>
> georgios
>
>
> Benny boy wrote:
>
>> http://www.benplace.com/vw_sad_story.htm
>> http://homepage.mac.com/rmstewart/PhotoAlbum21.html
>>
>> Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr............
>>
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