John, The "goo" that came dripped a dime size varnish onto the top of the engine and it has hardened to amost glass. Not very "goo-ie" at all. Shawn
On 7/21/06, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I noted there are "odd" sleeves over the lines running to the > > injectors and they have to have a "goop" in there like a varnish that > > has > > dripped out of one. Is this an adhesive for the sleeve? None would think > > gas > > and varnish are a logical connection but fuel definitely streams/drips > > when > > there is a leak so I'm not concern until reading this. > > > I had the same thing-- a trickle of black tarry/resiny goop-- with > brand-new fuel line in brand-new sleeve material. The sleeves are just some > sort of abrasion protective plastic, so it didn't come from that. The fuel > line outer jacket was fairly sticky right out of the box though, so maybe > it's the source? Perhaps residual solvent from the manufacturing process in > the outer jacket, cured out in the hot engine compartment? At any rate, it > only happened on the one fuel line from the bleeder tee to the starboard > fuel rail. I took the line off examined it thoroughly, put a new gray sleeve > over it, and reinstalled it. Not a drop since-- and I've been keeping a > close eye on it. Maybe it was a miniscule leak at one end or the other, but > I think it unlikely. The fuel line arcs in a gentle inverted U between the > two endpoints and the goop was inside the sleeve, "uphill" from both ends. > If it was a leak in the line, it's apparently fixed itself. Very mysterious. > I'd love to hear if others have had this show up. > > -- > John Bange > '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" >
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