Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 18:06:41 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Engine fire... again! You can't please them all.
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That's a really cool way to run sentences together and makes it darn hard I
can't even bother to read it but I will say this about fuel leaks on
gasoline vanagons there is one place they tend to leak for sure right above
the starter there is that firewall plastic piece forsomereaon the hose
comingfromthegastank has a tendency for the originalclmap there not
tosealafterawhile I'm sorryyou can't beconsidereate enough to writein
sentences with a modicum ( ifyouknowthatword ) of punctuation hopepeople
find this one commonalekapsot
Thanksbuddy !
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Eric Ley
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 4:36 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Engine fire... again! You can't please them all.
I been hearing you guys go on and on about the fuel lines like how bad could
they be, mine are only 24 years old I'm a full time mechanic been playing
with my vanagon's for a couple yrs now I decided last week i was going to
change out my fuel line just as a precaution I have visually checked them a
few times never noticing anything bad when I started taking things apart i
noticed there were two injectors hoses sweating already one on each side
look down on the drives side and what do you see exhaust manifold OUCH!!!!.
I'm now on the fuel line boat let the next upgrade to the van you love and
put blood sweat and tears into be a fuel line upgrade you won't be able to
use that cool map light you just installed if the engine catches on fire.
And guaranteed the insurance comp. will give ya peanuts for it.... when
doing this i replaced even the return line like they say you will need a
25ft roll of 5/16 or 7mm fuel injection line cost about 70-80$ and about 20
F.I clamps 20$ or so. Tell me when the last time you blew 100$ on your van
for a upgrade and this is a job that can be done by a DIY person me after
hours in the shop was about 2hrs with a oil change and a couple brown pop's
easy going i would figure 3 hours easy on the ground. I have decided to put
this on my regular to do list figure once every five years or so should be
just fine and if your fuel pump is making a bit of noise try changing the
fuel filter worked wonders for me Ben has this great resource
http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm so why put it off any longer!!!!....
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