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I've finally finished replacing all the rubber fuel lines tonight. The last two remaining were the ones from the chassis tube to the engine compartment, which probably are the most annoying to get at. A few notes: -I used an entire 25' spool of Goodyear 5/16" Fuel Line, with 1' to spare. This included a 2' length used for the pressure sensor, and I probably had about another 1-1.5' of random little scraps. -All the clamps are the FI type, not the worm-type. I happen to like these better- they don't cut into the hose when tightened. -I replaced the grommet in the engine tin bulkhead where the hose enters the engine compartment. The existing grommet didn't seem right- turns out it was a smaller grommet that was split open to make it work, so one side of the hose was just sitting on the hole in the steel. This is bad- a cut here would spray fuel on the #3 cylinder. The new grommet worked pefectly. Best size to get at Lowes is one with a 5/8 hole. This one is also good for the front where the noise damper goes through the mini-bulkhead there. -The return side of the fuel loop and the CSV line pass awfully close to the EGR valve. This gives me pause. I may wire tie these as far away as possible from contacting the EGR. Is there a better routing? On the agenda for this weekend: checking the system for leaks and adjusting the valves. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~