Venting a little frustration, Previous owner was a moron. Fuel line foolishness. |
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Venting a little frustration, Previous owner was a moron. Fuel line foolishness. |
LefthandRev |
Nov 20 2021, 01:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 76 Joined: 9-August 21 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 25,787 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
To keep it short, I've owned this current 914 since August or so. Since then, I've chased down, repaired, replaced, and otherwise fixed all sorts of idiotic things the previous owner did (or failed to do) to this car.
I've been smelling fuel over the last few days. And before you admonish me for not doing this sooner, I had given a cursory glance at the fuel line in the past and saw no leaks... I should have done a better job. Dummy before me kinked the fuel line and did a piss poor job of routing it. See pics below for before and after. It was leaking out of the hard line. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-25787-1637436525.1.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-25787-1637436526.2.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-25787-1637436526.3.jpg) Headed out now to get a new filter and better hose clamps. |
davep |
Nov 22 2021, 04:07 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,195 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
The clamp on the braided line entering the filter is correct, but the rest are just wrong. Many versions of the current fuel lines are not up to the current fuel and will break down and leak anyway.
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