[Shop-talk] Auto gas line repair

[Bill Gingerich]

Doug,

 

Puddle is on the ground.  Car is FI.  Yes, the pump is in the tank.  I
understand the higher pressures than the carbureted versions.  Hence the
question.  If it was my Spitfire, I'd just buy rubber fuel line an a couple
of clamps. 

 

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From: Doug Braun [mailto:doug at dougbraun.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 6:58 PM
To: shop-talk at autox.team.net; Bill Gingerich
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Auto gas line repair

 


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?