so 5 months ago i was at sams house. Lang and I are changing out the fuel filter on my car and i realized that an angled crows foot is NOT a ratchet and cannot be used as one for not thinking.

so we consult Anthony who tells me to make a temp fix with rubber fuel hose and hose clamps. ok, sam jacks a pipe cutter from his dads store and I am off. get it all done and then i go on deployment.

so for 5 months the car sat with fuel in that makeshift line only getting driven by my roomate once a week. oh and he was nice enough to turn up the fuel pressure since i was running lean

so now here is what is wrong with the car.

God aweful rattling noise.
shadetree fuel line
code 61 (primary o2 sensor)
running lean or rich... depended on the cars mood

so i get back from deployment and find a puddle of fuel under the car. well **** its time to go order a new line. call Len only to find out there is one left in the country and it is claimed. now im on back order.

for some reason last night i got a hair up my *** and did a photoshoot with my boy Jeff and his Jetta. if you look in the red circle you will see a nice puddle. the car was running and we were watching the fuel pour out of the hose.



earlier that day i drove 34 miles and it took only a half a tank of gas

so this afternoon once i woke up i went to the shop and put the car on the lift and this is what i see.


after cleaning it up and being lucky enough to shimmy that line on farther until i get the real line in, i tightened the hose clamps as much as my weak *** could without breaking something more.

now it looks like this.


i also blew out the o2 sensor and now my codes are gone!!! w00t w00t!

so now everything is working good thank god and the car is getting its normal MPG.

 

Glad you got it figured out Doug.

 

to the fuel leak. I remember seeing that pic lastnight and being damn happy it wasnt me. At least the fuel wasnt leaking directly on to your exhuast otherwise you would have been taking pictures of your car on fire. Nothin like a CAR-B-Q at the 7Eleven. lol Glad you got it figured out now, SLAM THAT BIZNATCH!

 

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He's working on it, he just doesn't know how to order the right camber kit.

J/P doug.

 

my fuel line busted too. I used a tube cutter and pretty much did what you did with pgmfi hose. Did you flare the ends of the line that are going into the rubber hose? Flaring it will make it more secure in the rubber hose almost eliminating your chance of a leak. You can get a flare tool almost anywhere for about $15. Infact your friends dad's store probly has them.

 

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well im not too worried about it. the fuel line is on order and will be here friday.

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blow me. the one thing that ***** me up more then anything is suspension. oh and they havent come in yet anyhow
He's working on it, he just doesn't know how to order the right camber kit.

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Damn, I have mine like that in 2 places and it has never leaked...

 

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well when i got to it both hose clamps were lose so i guess i didnt tighten em enough the first time.

much easier on the lift though

 

Yeah, I tightened the **** out of mine until the rubber came through the little slots on the clamp a little bit...

Ghetto??? Some say yes, some say no...

 

How much was the fuel line? I thought it was all one preformed piece that went all the way back to the tank.

 

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30 bucks from Hondaautomotiveparts.com

but its on national back order cause of me