Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:02:00 -0400
Reply-To: "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET>
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From: "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Fuel Line Replacement
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Mark,
Get the 7mm high-pressure fuel line from VanAgain or the Bus Depot, along with
the correct stainless steel clamps. I replaced the part you're talking about
with the 7mm line by slipping it over the hard plastic line that comes from the
fuel pump.
There are a few tricks to make this easier. First of all, there's a plastic
piece that holds the plastic fuel line onto the body that you can reach from
the right rear wheelwell; carefully jiggle it out so the line can be moved.
Next unscrew the double-nippled flange on the back of the engine compartment
and pull the fuel line into the engine compartment where you can work on it
better.
If you haven't already depressurized the fuel system, do so now. On a
Digifant, you can just unplug the fuel pump relay inside the black box on the
left of the engine compartment (it's the right of the two relays). On a
Digijet, unplug the ground wire to the fuel pump. Then run the engine until it
dies of fuel starvation (only a few seconds). Start it one more time and let
it die.
Now the fuel line can be removed from the plastic line and replaced. I'd slip
some extra fuel line over it, i.e. more than was there before, and clamp it.
Mine wasn't clamped originally.
Reattach the flange and the plastic piece that holds the line up.
While you're at it, replace all the lines in the engine compartment because
they're probably the same vintage as that one.
-Karl
> I sprung a gas leak the other day where the line goes through the metal
> tin from the fuel pump into the engine compartment., and thought that my
> van was going to catch fire (a good thing I pulled over in time). This is
> the second time this accured so I thought its time to replace them all.
> Could any one tell me the best one to use, as a replacment for the cloth
> covered ones that are on it now. They have fuel line at my FLAPS but I
> need to know is the correst I.D. and is this quality good enough? Any
> suggestions Also where do you get that large diameter hoses that go on the
> feul injection? TIA Mark K.
Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA
'87 Westfalia Weekender "Beverley" - 188K miles
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