Ok my fuel is leaking from the metal portion on the bottom end of part number 17707-SM4-A31 , or number 24 in this pic



This apparently is common with rusty hondas that live up north like mine. It's leaking from the little metal elbow joint right at the end. Right before it turns back into a rubber fuel line and goes off to the front of the car.

My question is , can I just use some hose joiners and connect the two rubber lines and completely bypass that metal elbow? Whats it even for?

I have very limited funds and tools and automotive "handyness" so If that metal piece doesn't do anything then I want to make this a cheap fix.

 

I work with 20 great guys in St. Louis and Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods and we are going to do some work with you today at Expert Village. So after doing our fuel pressure test we notice a little leak of fuel on the floor. So we have another lift, Mark is raising it up and sorting out and trying to find that leak. So we see that it is dripping there from the corner of the fuel line. We just need to find out if it is coming from the fitting or if there was something that damage the fuel line. So it is dripping way down there but it is actually leaking at these fittings. No need to take it apart and rebuild it. He is going to tighten it up and see if that would do it. Finding a fuel leak is sometimes tricky cause the fuel would run down a hose or a line sometimes before it would actually drip off.

 

It's leaking from the metal elbow piece because it's really rusted , rusted all the way through , not just a loose fitting. Can I just bypass that with a hose joiner?

 

anyone?

 

I temporarily patched the piece of rusted pipe with a piece of hose clamped over the tiny hole with a hose clamp.

however I want to eliminate that rusty section all together , can I bypass that section? Does it do anything important where is has to be there?

 

I mean really nobody has any idea what it's for?

 

Hello,

~6 years ago, emosun had the same problem that I am having today.

He came to his conclusion, then he asked an important question that I also pose.

I have not found an answer to this question after searching high and low.

The only half-witted idea was by an Advance Auto manager who said that it (part #17707-SM4-A31) was a pressure regulator of some sort, and shouldn't be bypassed.

Mine is leaking like a sieve. Needless to say, everything else around it is rusted and probably not far behind. I'd like to directly replace and clamp off with fuel injection hose/clamps.

Thanks in advance!