Date:         Sun, 18 May 2008 07:36:00 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Ley <eric_ley@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Eric Ley <eric_ley@HOTMAIL.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!!!!....