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On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 13:29, Aaron Clow wrote: > On the way home from work last week I noticed the car > started skipping a little. First thing I thought of > was that the fuel filter might be getting clogged as I > know I had a slightly rusty tank. I promised it a full > tune-up when I got back from NH. So when I started it > to check the dwell after adjusting the valves, I > noticed a gas smell. Under the front of the car was a > puddle of gasoline. At first I thought the problem was > the gas feed hose to the tunnel, so I replaced it with > American 5/16" FI hose. > > I turned the car back on and the top of the hose was > wet. Didn't look anywhere near as bad as before (gas > wasn't running down the hose), but it's still leaking. > I think the clamp is pretty tight. It's a circular FI > hose clamp. My next thought is that the line is > broken/rusted in the tunnel, or there's a hole in it > that only leaks under pressure. What is the likelihood > of this and how tough is it to replace this line? > > I guess I won't be taking the car to Octoberfest this > weekend. :( > It is rare for a metal line inside the tunnel to leak. Don't think I have seen more that one or two in all my years. Check the tightness of the hose clamps. I had a Domestic FI car here that was leaking gas where the hose went onto the metal line. The car had been sitting for a couple months. I tightened the clamp a quarter turn and the leak went away. This is one reason I like the spiral clamps, as you can get mor torque on them as opposed to the crimp style. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org