Re: [T3] leaky fuel hose

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

Temperatures can make a big difference to whether a sub-standard hose leaks or
not.  I suspect it is something to do with flexibility of the rubber.  Was it
cold weather (relative to the previous days) when you noticed it first?

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion & Peg McDonald" <mmmpwm@bellsouth.net>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] leaky fuel hose


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>
> About a year ago a similar incident happened to me.  I left home and about a
> mile away from the house I began to smell gasoline.  I pulled over and
> discovered a leak near the fuel line damper you described.  I immediately
> went back home and continued my trip in another vehicle.  When I
> investigated the leak a day or so later, it wasn't leaking and hasn't leaked
> since.  I guess I have a potential fuel leak waiting to happen.  I need to
> climb back under the car and do a more thorough check.
>
> Marion McDonald
> Lawrenceville, Ga.
> 71 Fastback MT FI
> 60 Beetle
>

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