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tank to pump fuel leak



I don't have the part number, but it's available, I bought the fuel elbow
hose a few months ago, and it was under $5.

I disconnect the hose at the pump, plug up the hose, or cap off the fuel
tank, and then install the new hose to the fuel pump first, and then quickly
swap in the new hose, with a new clamp loosely on it.

Peter 

-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Van Sprewenburg [mailto:brett@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 5:54 PM
To: scirocco list
Subject: Re: tank to pump fuel leak


You can combine a few of there suggestions, like running the tank a bit low,
then jack up that side of the car so that most of the gas tips away from the
line.  Ever wonder why those cars are prone to fuel starvation when racing?
:)

==Brett



On Jul 7, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Nate Mellom wrote:

> If need be, you could always siphon out as much gas as you can out of 
> the filler neck.  I'd recommend against sucking it out by mouth, get a 
> $5.00 hand squeezer pump from you FLAPS, get it started, and it'll go 
> from there.  Just make sure your receiving receptacle is lower than 
> the tank.
>
> (the other) Nate
>
>
> Nate Lowe wrote:
>> I figured as much. Guess I'll just have to drive it till it's almost 
>> empty before I fix it. At least I don't have to buy some specialty 
>> hose for it so shouldn't be more than $10 to fix. It's about 1/2" or 
>> so OD hose so I'd guess around 1/4" or 3/8" ID, shouldn't be too hard 
>> to find.
>> On 7/7/07, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> No there is no way to keep the gas from coming out of the tank once 
>>> you remove the hose.
>>> IIRC the tank to pump hose is just a standard fuel hose. Not even a 
>>> high pressure fuel injection hose. Don't remember the size right off 
>>> hand.
>>> Gotta make sure you cut it the right length so it doesn't kink 
>>> though.
>>> Dan


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