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On 4 Apr 2002, at 20:25, nathan howell wrote: > >I have new injectors for $40, but yours can probably be fixed by > carefully > >cutting off the crimp sleeve without cutting into the hose nipple > >underneath. Then you can just use a piece of standard 5/16" hose and a > hose >clamp to replace it. Remember: You MUST be careful when cutting > off the >crimp sleeve, or you'll make it impossible to get the new hose > to seal. > How should I go about cutting off the hose, I haven't looked real close > but isn't metal? Yes, they're metal. I take the injectors off the car and carefully clamp them in a vise. Then carefully cut thru the sleeves in a helical pattern so as to loosen them completely without cutting into the metal barb inside. After that you can slide the hose and sleeve remains off and replace the hose. I can do this for you if you can do without the car for awhile. > >Don't try to just replace the one piece that is leaking now. If you do, > >you'll find new leaks in the next fitting down when you put it back > >together. This is inevitable from the disturbance you must cause just > to >remove the injector. In the end you can do everything in 2-4 hours, > or end >up replacing one piece at a time and take the whole day. > > The main hose in the engine compartment looks fairly new and clean, so > all I need to do is replace -ALL- of the crimped hoses on the fuel > injectors or at least the one and two cylinder injector hoses? If the main hoses, on both sides of the injector Tee are pretty new, yes you could get by with just replacing the injector hoses on one side. I know it's a pain, but I'd replace at least all four, and any other attached hose that seemed questionable. Hose is relatively cheap, but engine fires are pretty final. I had a few bad experiences when I first started doing this, chasing new leaks around a system where I thought I could just replace one hose. That experience taught me that I was foolish to try to get by. Later, I bought a "new" square which burst a hose on New Years Day in the middle of nowhere. I ended up outside, in a 20 mph wind at minus 20F trying to replace the only hose that the PO had NOT replaced. With frozen fingers and an impatient wife and child waiting, this took me about 2 hours of time where I was nearly reduced to tears. Why had they replaced every other hose? The answer was clear: It was the hardest to get at. I would have replaced it earlier myself, but it was rather hidden and I had not noticed it. This was circa 1990, and this was the only OE hose left on the car. It was 27 years old and it picked THAT DAY to die. You DON'T want to find yourself in that same position! - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org