Date:         Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:34:35 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up - fuel line replacement?
Comments: To: Damon Campbell <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM>
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If in doubt, do it now, for tomorrow may be to late.

Otherwise, for myself, I've got my van on a 5 year plan for the fuel
lines, and just replaced them a couple of weeks ago.  In the last year I
have had a leaking injector hose( rotted), and one rotted leaking hose
at the fire wall and one rotted hose over the top of the engine, and one
hole rubbed through the hose by the end of the throttle cable.  They
were new from a list vendor in February of 2000. This seemed pretty odd,
so to play it safe, I went the route with all new hose. I think five
years is long enough interval between replacements, otherwise do as
needed. But always look at those hoses frequently. Easy to rub a hole,
even if the rubber is good.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Damon Campbell wrote:

>Is there some consensus as to what a good fuel line
>replacement interval is?  Assume quality fuel lines
>from one of our reputable vanagon-friendly retailers
>(i.e. go westy, bus depot, boston engine, vanagain,
>etc.).
>
>Once a month?
>
>-Damon
>
>--- Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> wrote:
>
>
>>After reading this email, I made a quick trip out to
>>the "burn van" in the
>>lot to check the engine lid.  It is the fiberglass
>>style and other than a
>>few burn marks around the edge (where the rubber
>>seal melted), the engine
>>lid kept out the fire.  This was a pretty bad fire
>>too, the tail lights
>>melted away, as did the side vents.  I'm not saying
>>that the metal lids
>>aren't better, just that the fuberglass lids may do
>>a better job than people
>>think.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Jeff
>>www.vanagonparts.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>'84 Westy "The Van" w/2.3L WBX
>Vancouver, BC
>
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