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On 24 Aug 2004 at 1:05, Marion & Peg McDonald wrote: > 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. Had the car been sitting for a long time (months?) before this drive? My car had some leaky fuel injectors when I first got it out, but they sealed up after the O-rings in them absorbed some gasoline, swelled up, and sealed again. I suspect the same thing can happen to hose when the car has sat long enough for everything to dry out. If you want to check yours, the best thing to do is to get a clip lead and short across your fuel pump relay so that it will run without running the engine. Then you can go under there and look for wetness and move hoses around a bit just to see if you can provoke a leak. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~