[Shop-talk] Auto gas line repair

[Doug Braun]

do you mean a puddle on the garage floor, or a puddle inside the car?

Is the car injected or carbeurated?  Most fuel-injected cars have the pump in
the gas tank, and the fuel line has 40 or so pounds of pressure.  So you have
to be more careful with repairs than with an older carburated car where there
is little pressure (or even suction) in the fuel line.

Doug

--- On Fri, 1/9/09, Bill Gingerich <bill at gingerich.us> wrote:
From: Bill Gingerich <bill at gingerich.us>
Subject: [Shop-talk] Auto gas line repair
To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 7:49 PM

My '93 Escort wagon has developed a gas leak in the line that runs from the
tank to the engine.  I've noticed a gas smell around the car the last few
days, and there was small puddle under the drivers' seat this morning.  I
haven't put the car up of the jack stands yet, so I don't know the
exact
setup.  I'm assuming it is a metal line.  My question is this: what are my
options to repair it?  Can I cut out the leaking section and use rubber fuel
injection hose to replace it?  Or should I be using metal tubing?  If metal,
what types of fittings are best?  Are standard compression fittings OK?