Not to mention another good reason the change ALL of the fuel lines to avoid not only being stranded, but also to avoid engine box fires!!!! malcolm s Steve wrote: > For those of you that don't already do this, I would recommend keeping an > assortment of different size hose clamps in your van just in case. Last > Friday my van started hesitating on the highway and I saw that the gas level > was suddenly on empty. I ran out of gas at the top of an exit ramp trying > to get to the nearest gas station. It turns out that a fuel line had worked > itself loose from the crimp-on hose clamp and the van spewed all of the gas > out of the tank. I found that the small 50 cent screw-on hose clamp that I > had in the van just in case came in real handy here and it put me back on > the road again. > > Steve > > 89 Westy |
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