Date:         Sat, 16 Jan 1999 18:07:56 -0600
Reply-To:     Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Help with fuel lines!
Comments: To: Jess Lopatynski <Jess_Lopatynski@COMPUSERVE.COM>
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Hi Jess,
    I use a dermal cutting disk to remove the collar from the injector. Then
replace it with a hose clamp. The hoses are 7mm and you will need about 4
meter to replace all of the 7mm hose on a van or bus. You need fuel injector
hose in the 40 psi range and many hose clamps. The dermal cutting disk works
well removing many of the factory type clamps you will come across.
Darrell
-----Original Message-----
From: Jess Lopatynski <Jess_Lopatynski@COMPUSERVE.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 4:03 PM
Subject: Help with fuel lines!


>Volks,
>After reading many posts about replacing fuel lines on our aging Vanagons,
>my father-in-law's '85 started to leak this morning, Saturday. We had been
>discussing  a few days ago replacing all the fuel lines on his 85 and my
>'87. As we drove up to his house this morning he was pulling out of his
>drive with a steady stream of gas hitting the ground.
>We pulled it apart and the gas spray was coming from the short piece of
>hose between the injector itself and the fuel rail.
>We have no clue as to how to remove the hose from the injector as it has a
>rolled collar holding it on. No clamp. Are we looking at complete new
>injector units??
>I just spent quite some time searching the archives but came up empty on
>this particular.
>Also, are the standard neoprene lines from FLAPS  ok to use?
>TIA
>Jess Lopatynski
>
>85 GTI
>87 GL
>89 Targa
>