TeamCracka

Hey,
I have a 93' 4-door Civic, and I've had a fuel leak for about a year. When the fuel pump is on gas drips down from right around where the line connects to the fuel tank at about 1 drop every 1-2 seconds.

I took it to a shop and they wanted like 200-300 to fix it!!! They said the line would need to be flared or whatever and that it would take a lot of time. What are my solutions? Can I just go with a stainless braided line? I've done a lot of work on cars, but never had to fix a hardline or flare anything.

Please help me out!!! Thanks!

duggy

200 sounds kinda steep for just replacing that fitting. I have no idea on how to do it, so good luck to you.

TeamCracka

I thought so too, thx

TeamCracka

They said that bc the rear brake lines, fuel return, and mail fuel line are all bundled together in plastic, they would have to remove that, then figure out where the leak is coming from, and if it is a damaged line instead of the fitting - they would have to chop it, and reflare it with a new segment.

I imagine if I attempt this I'll have to completely drain the fuel tank?

I'm gonna check out my Helms later and see if it'll be a semi-easy fix. Idealy I'd like to just leave that stock one in, and use an aftermarket steelbraided line. It seems like it'd be easy, but messing with AN and metric sizes is always confusing! I do have a Aeroquip store in my town though.

philosofy1

some one correct me if i'm wrong but isn't there a hose that connects the 2 or is it just the hard piping that goes straight to the tank or pump?

have you actually jacked the car up and taken a look? it just might be a bad hose that needs replacing and the shop(like most shops) just want to take advantge of you and charge $200.

TeamCracka

I was under the car looking at it once, but Im not sure. I'll take it to a shop I work at and check it out with the car running.

Is all the metal that contacts fuel in the car made from a non-corrosive material? If this is true, that means that salt from the roads isnt what caused this problem, right? I'll pull the back seat tonight and check the area out and get it on a hoist too.

Thx!

alotawatts

I'd bet the only thing that will stand up to road salts is stainless steel.

TeamCracka

I cut the plastic away from the main fuel feed line right under the tank, and it was totally corroded. There was a tiny pin-hole where the gas was comming from - so I took a small 1/2" piece of radiator hose, cut it to size, and put it inside of a small hose clamp. After clamping this onto the fuel pipe, no more leak!