Date:         Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:43:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject:      Re: burning vans, brittle fuel rails?
Comments: To: Pat Dooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>

In my case, here, up north, the metal ring at the end of each fuel rail is
rotten. Second, if you carefully look at your rail, look if they have
somekind of "banana" shape, if they are not straight, time to find some
new/good use one. Almost everytime i do a fuel line job and those are
somewhat bent, they leak when i start the engine. I found out lately that
when removing the old hoses from them there is good chance that one of the
nipple can crack / small fissure.

Those are still available new. But i found out that seem to be more of a
northern problem.

So be carefull when pulling the old hoses.

Ben


On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:09:08 -0400, pdooley <psdooley@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

>I seem to recall some people questioning the integrity of the plastic
>factory fuel injector rails in the WBX motor.
>
>This must be a potential leak source, but are there any documented cases of
>failure and fuel loss?
>
>Aren't the ends plugged off with flimsy metal caps?
>
>
>
>Just dreaming but wouldn't it be cool if a company like Bahn Brenner made a
>billet aluminum fuel rail kit for the WBX?
>
>16V rail shown in the link:
>
>
>
>http://www.bahnbrenner.com/vw_audi/Fuel_Rails/BBM_Billet_16V_Fuel_Rail_Kit.h
>tml