Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:58:51 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: video of burning Westy. sad
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here's another tip ...
every time you shut off your engine and get out of the van ..
go back and sniff in the left upper air intake grill.
*any* unusual smells will be very apparent..
the tiniest coolant leak..
burning oil...
curing paint ...
and the tiniest bit of raw gas .............is a very distinct smell.
that and always check underneath for drips as you walk away ..
then eyeball that area again when you get back.
but especially ..smell in that left vent. if there's a fluid leak in there
..you'll likely catch a whiff of it.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "HotelWestfalia" <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 1:25 AM
Subject: Re: video of burning Westy. sad
> Hi to all,
>
> I regularly replace fuel lines, exactly as Scott is describing. With
> german
> fuel lines and flared fuel line clamps. They are not cheap but it's not
> time to be cheap when doing it. I also do house calls in the Seattle and
> nearby towns to save our precious Vanagons, Westfalias.
>
> Those fuel lines are twenty something years old, gotten hard on top of a
> hot
> engine and some of them are cracked and pissing in the back there and you
> would only know it when the fire is out of control. It's a cheap way to
> save a car and the stuff inside. Sometimes they get on fire while you
> shop
> and by the time you are back it's a heap of black shell sitting on rims
> only. U tube has a few fires like that.
>
> Zoltan
> 425 773 4646
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 10:13 PM
> Subject: Re: video of burning Westy. sad
>
>
>> it's not really the fuel hoses so much ..
>> it's the crimp type metal hose clamps installed at the factory ..
>> *especially* one in particular...
>> about 3 inches forward of the plastic firewall fitting ...
>> where a short hose is clamped to the black plastic fuel line coming from
>> the
>> fuel pump..
>> right above the starter ...
>> that is 'the spot' that leaks eventually.
>>
>> in all cases, at the minimum that crimp type hose clamp needs to be
>> replaced..
>> even better ...connect the hose from the triple junction with fuel
>> testing
>> port on it ..directly to the black plastic line coming from the fuel
>> pump.
>> Undo the clip that holds it to the body above the trans so it'll reach.
>> that was you go from 4 hose junctions to one ..
>> and use good screw type FI hose clamps is what I suggest.
>>
>> fwiw ...I had one running engine ...it was completely missing any hose
>> clamp
>> on one of the injectors ...didn't leak though.
>> I hope everyone has a good fire extinguisher on board ....easy accessible
>> .
>>
>> Scott
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Oxroad" <oxroad@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 9:52 PM
>> Subject: video of burning Westy. sad
>>
>>
>>>I just stumbled on this video posted on youtube earlier this month of a
>>> Westy burning on the side of the freeway in California.
>>>
>>> Maybe it can serve as a reminder to routinely inspect fuel lines and
>>> replace them routinely as well.
>>>
>>> It's a sad video, although it seems no one was hurt. (I don't know the
>>> folks in the vid or whose bus it was.)
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Jeff
>>> 83.5 Westy
>>> LA,CA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Q_nveKHC0
>>
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