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On 17 Apr 2003 at 6:51, Vlach, Joe -CKHS wrote: > I checked the cold start valve. As I pulled the hose off, I noticed the > passenger-side fuel line emitted a fine, small squirt of fuel. I don't know > if I stressed the fuel line pulling off the cold start valve line, but I cut > it back and refit it. Once the hoses get old and stiff it becomes almost impossible to work on any of them without breaking the adjacent ones. I once spent about 4 hours trying to replace only the leaky hoses on someone's car. I ended up replacing everything anyway, but I did it one piece at a time. Now I don't even consider doing that unless I can see that the other hoses are clearly newer than the one that is leaking. It's really far better to just replace all the fuel hose in the rear of the car at the same time. The hoses under the gas tank will last a lot longer, however, since they don't get hot. > I think my next step is to check the fuel pump for pressure. To do this, > would I disconnect the inlet, plug my vacuum gauge into the outlet side of > the pump? Depending on your year, there will be an empty nipple on one side or the other that is plugged by a screw and soft washer. Remove the screw and connect your pressure gauge to this nipple with a piece of hose. Make sure your gauge is rated for 30psi before you try this. Automotive vacuum gauges are never rated this high; they are generally for carbs and measure up to about 6psi. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org