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Date:         Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:43:34 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fuel Line Leaking Bigtime
Comments: To: Timothy Marciniak <tmarciniak@wi.rr.com>
In-Reply-To:  <3B5271EE-422B-4C10-A506-0B1A2C0F6157@wi.rr.com>
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During my recent Subaru installation I eliminated the plastic firewall fitting and just ran new high pressure fuel injection hose all the way to the pump.

Easy to do and I feel better than with that plastic (?) line in there.

Seeya, Jake

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Timothy Marciniak <tmarciniak@wi.rr.com>wrote:

> Wondering if anyone has had to replace the hard plastic fuel line that > runs from the fuel filter to the rubber fuel line that attaches to > plastic fitting at the firewall. I was sure my plastic fitting was > leaking but turns out that part was ok. I did replace the fuel line > going from that fitting to the engine and from the hard plastic line > to the plastic firewall fitting. I also replaced the plastic fitting > with a metal one. When I tried starting the van gas started dripping > copiously near the right rear tire. After examining that area it > looks to me like the hard plastic fuel line may of been abraded by > something because I found a rough stop. Pretty concerned about this > because the gas was spraying onto some kind of insulation in the body > which is not saturated with gas. I am letting the whole thing dry out > so I can figure out how to replace this hard plastic fuel line. I > dont really see this part on EKTA and even if I did is it even > available? Anyone have problem with this hard plastic fuel line and > what did you replace it with? Is it 7mm ID like the fuel line in the > engine compartment? > > 90 Vanagon Multivan > > Tim >

-- Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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