Re: [T3] leaky fuel hose

["Marion & Peg McDonald" <mmmpwm@bellsouth.net>]

> 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.

On August 24, 2004 at 9:56 am, Jim Adney wrote:
>
> 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.

It has been some years since this car would sit for months at a time.  I
discovered how much better it runs when you drive them regularly and usually
drive it at least once a week.    In this case I'm sure it had not been
sitting very long, but I don't remember specifically.  I'll try your
suggestion to see if I can get it to leak.  Because of my limited electrical
knowledge, you had better give me a more detailed description of shorting
across the fuel pump relay.  I don't want to fry something.

Marion McDonald
Lawrenceville, Georgia

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