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On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 14:01, rusty 79camper wrote: > I need to replace the hoses in my fastbacks engine and was wondering what > total length i should be looking at? > also, > I'm replacing the main fuel line from the tank to the engine because of a > leak in the tunnel and was wondering what the total length of that was? > In 40 years of working on VW's, I have never seen a gas line inside the frame leaking unless someone had been in there and messed with it or damaged it repairing something else inside the tunnel. I would suspect more that you have a leak right where it connects to the flexible line at the front or rear, and it is running back inside the tunnel. Is this a fuel injected engine, or a carb engine?? -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~