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Jake, Maybe it didn't split unit there was pressure on them? Just a thought. Tom '68 FB (Thumper) '70 Bug On Fri, 03 Apr 1998 00:10:16 -0500 Jake Kooser <jake_k@ibm.net> writes: > Hey gang, I went down to Homestead and picked up my fastback today. >I didn't recieve the gas tank kit from Eastwood yet, but I stopped at >the body shop and picked up the gas tank from the squareback on the >way >down there. Clever me, thinking "I've got a clean gas tank, I'll just >use it until the kit arrives". Tank, tools, and 5-gallon can of gas >in >trunk, Vince (other roommate) and I head off to retrieve the prize. >Stopped on the way to get some fuel line, just in case. Put the tank >in >with the fuel line we just got, dumped the gas in - no problem. Had >to >jump start the car - battery seemed okay, red & green lights on, fuel >pump on, relays clicking like they should, but starter wouldn't work. >It fired right up with jumpers on, and we let it warm up for about 10 >minutes before we headed out. The DPO said "it's got a rusty tank, >I've >got to change the fuel filter about every 30 miles or so". That's a >direct quote, and very important to the rest of this story. We made >it >about 10 miles up the road (vince's speedo said 12) and I'm heading up >this small hill when the car just starts running like crap. I barely >make it over the hill and pull over to the side to see what's up. >Checked everything I could think of on the injection - cleaned the >throttle valve switch, checked the manifold pressure sensor, checked >and >distributor and fuel injector points, did crude timing and points >adjustments, checked air cleaner, scratched head, thought, looked, >wiped >grease off of, all to no avail. Never questioned fuel supply, just >delivery, when Vince recommends pulling a fuel line off and checking >pressure. Pulled the hose off #4 injector in the loop, and gas just >kind of dribbled out, like glug,,,,glug,,,,glug. I put all the hoses >back in order, thinking that the fuel pressure was somehow wayyyy low. >When I started trying to adjust the fuel pressure regulator, I noticed >that there was only one hose, the one from the injector loop on it. I >found the outlet (back to the tank, for you non-FI types) buried >behind >the front (FIF) engine tin, split wide open, but fortunately with a >hose >clamp still on it. Vince split for gas, I fixed the hoses, and we >sped >off for home after putting our second 5 gallons in the tank. I made >it >about another 14 miles or so, when I smelled gas again. I didn't >think >that the hose had split again, but drove the last few blocks to the >house very aware of the new smell. When I got there, I found that one >of the hoses in the return circuit below the tank had split open along >the way. I started replacing the hoses tonight, and will finish in >the >morning. > What really amazes me out of this, is I didn't smell any gas during >the first 10 miles, when it should have been just pouring out of that >open line. Any thoughts? Here's another good one, how many fuel >filters did the PO replace, thinking it was a filter problem? >Hmmmm...... > >Jake Kooser > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]