Sure, it carries leaked fuel inside the protective sleeves to the spark plugs !
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Kim Springer Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:08 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: fuel line protective sleeve Hello All, Is the loose fitting fuel line protective sleeve supposed to carry away fuel, from a fuel leak in a line, away from the top of the engine to prevent fires? I credit this thinking to a friend of mine who felt that the sleeve was important enought to put back on properly when he replaced his fuel lines. If this is indeed part of the design, then I'm not sure the corrugated wire wrapper is the solution, though it may look nice. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy Hirt" <zbillman@COMCAST.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 5:59 PM Subject: Re: fuel line protective sleeve
> Hi Jerry, > > FWIW when I redid my lines I used corrugated wire wrapper. Then I taped > it up really good with some high temp electrical tape to seal the split in > the tubing. It was only around 6 bucks and so far I have been successful > with it this way for 3 years. Plus I think it ads a really nice look to the > engine bay. > Billy > > On Dec 4, 2007 8:06 PM, azsun99 <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > I am in the midst of replacing all of the fuel lines, but unfortunately, > > didn't think > > to also order the gray plastic protective sleeve. The original is pretty > > dried out and > > cracked in places. Is there an equivalent product at FLAPS that might > > work? > > Jerry > > > |
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