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Posted by: TROJANMAN May 4 2005, 09:13 PM

i can't love my 914 unconditionally. it comes back to me after a 2 1/2 year departure. i can't wait to drive it, but it snows for four days. weather clears up, and as i am pulling out of the driveway i notice that it is leaking. i mean LEAKING! and i was so excited to drive it to work tomorrow. not going to happen. but i refuse to put it back in the garage until i can at least get around the block. come back and call the mechanic. "don't drive it," he says. "have it towed back to me." not real happy right now. it was leaking gas. i am sure it is simply a bad fuel line, but man, am i bummed.
aaaarrrrrrrghhhhh.

Posted by: SLITS May 4 2005, 09:19 PM

Change der hoses....it should be easy to spot if it was leaking from the engine compartment area.

Do you withdraw your "unconditional love" when your SO starts leaking on the monthly cycle?

Ok, so it wasn't funny

Posted by: morphenspectra May 4 2005, 09:21 PM

You actually drove your 914!! 914's cant be driven, they are only for jackstands.

HIEDI

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 4 2005, 09:38 PM

QUOTE (SLITS @ May 4 2005, 07:19 PM)

Do you withdraw your "unconditional love" when your SO starts leaking on the monthly cycle?

no, but i get the feeling she does

and ya, i know they need to be changed, but i just paid the mechanic a half million dollars to put humpty dumpty back together again. you would have thought he'd recommend new hoses .

Posted by: SLITS May 4 2005, 09:44 PM

These hoses will only cost a quarter mill

Posted by: BMartin914 May 4 2005, 10:44 PM

Crawl underneath the thing and check it out Greg...it's part of the joy of owning a 30 year old car. Something breaks, you fix it, then while you're fixing the first problem, something else breaks - that's just the way of the [914] world.

Take my car for example. Never on jackstands in 10 months, go to fix a loose bolt on the alternator and 3 weeks later it's still out of commission while I fix one issue after another after another...

Posted by: Bruce Allert May 4 2005, 11:28 PM

nuff said

........b

Posted by: Mrs. K May 4 2005, 11:35 PM

QUOTE (SLITS @ May 4 2005, 08:19 PM)

Do you withdraw your "unconditional love" when your SO starts leaking on the monthly cycle?

The T-shirt is making more sense everyday!

Lisa

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Posted by: SpecialK May 5 2005, 01:57 AM

My '73 hasn't "touched down" since I bought it ...... .....6 friggin' years ago , and is farther apart now, than the day I brought it home . My luck I'll finally get it completed, and the world will run out of gasoline. Then I'll have to put it back up on jack stands for a fusion reactor retrofit....yeah...that's not going to be cheap (we need a smilie flushing money down a toilet)!

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 5 2005, 08:50 AM

turns out the 914 is driveable after all. ON A TOW TRUCK. it was towed away this morning.
it looked really nice with the top off too.

Posted by: Ferg May 5 2005, 09:01 AM

bummer,
Pat will get the job done though, you'll have it all ready for the breakfast on the 15th.
Ferg.

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 5 2005, 09:03 AM

ya, he's a good guy. i'm just hoping he doesn't charge me twice for putting back together again. he said he'd have it done tonight.

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 5 2005, 09:19 AM

oh yea, and the tow truck driver made a comment about my "souped up VW on steroids"

Posted by: Ferg May 5 2005, 09:30 AM

If you don't have AAA already now is the time to join.
Ferg

Posted by: SLITS May 5 2005, 09:50 AM

QUOTE (Mrs. K @ May 4 2005, 10:35 PM)

QUOTE (SLITS @ May 4 2005, 08:19 PM)

Do you withdraw your "unconditional love" when your SO starts leaking on the monthly cycle?

The T-shirt is making more sense everyday!

Lisa

I tried to warn ya, but you progestrone powered humans just don't get it

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 5 2005, 09:52 AM

QUOTE (Ferg @ May 5 2005, 07:30 AM)
If you don't have AAA already now is the time to join.
Ferg

my wife refuses to get rid of it. she is on her grandfather's policy: member since 1941

but they changed their towing limits. now only the first 4 miles are free.

Posted by: Ferg May 5 2005, 10:15 AM

Upgrade to AAA plus, My wife and I each have 4 free tows a year up to 150 miles I think. I've already used up 3 tows , Well worth the $. Mines the R.V. version, but I think the regular "plus" gets you the extended free tow as well.
Ferg.

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 5 2005, 10:17 AM

you have an rv?

Posted by: Ferg May 5 2005, 10:22 AM

Sorta, when I signed up 3 years ago I did, and have had a few come and go in the last few years (I dabble in the car business). but no r.v. at the moment.
Ferg.

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 6 2005, 11:30 AM

mechanic has the car, but mysteriously the gas leak is gone. it was leaking pretty good before i decided to have it towed to him. any suggestions?

should i just drive the car home and be happy the leak is gone?

this is really puzzling because i cannot think of a way to re-create the leak, or how it may have disappeared. It was a FRESH rebuild, so is it possible something just sealed itself after running hot for a while?

the car had sat for 2 days in the garage before i started it up for the 3rd time after the rebuild and noticed the leak (right away). it was a pretty significant leak, too. dripped all the way backing out of the garage and puddled while i left it running in the street. any suggestions?

Posted by: nebreitling May 6 2005, 11:38 AM

sure, that fuel leak probably fixed itself. go for a drive.

AND BRING SOME FREAKIN' MARSHMALLOWS!!

Posted by: Ferg May 6 2005, 11:39 AM

so where was it leaking from? if you actually saw it dripping while you car was idling in the driveway, did you have a chance to trace the leak anywhere more specific?
ferg.

Posted by: Gint May 6 2005, 11:39 AM

QUOTE (glstrojan @ May 6 2005, 11:30 AM)
mechanic has the car, but mysteriously the gas leak is gone. it was leaking pretty good before i decided to have it towed to him. any suggestions?

should i just drive the car home and be happy the leak is gone?

this is really puzzling because i cannot think of a way to re-create the leak, or how it may have disappeared. It was a FRESH rebuild, so is it possible something just sealed itself after running hot for a while?

the car had sat for 2 days in the garage before i started it up for the 3rd time after the rebuild and noticed the leak (right away). it was a pretty significant leak, too. dripped all the way backing out of the garage and puddled while i left it running in the street. any suggestions?

Yeah, replace the hoses. It's not hard work or rocket science. You will learn to hate gas though...

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 6 2005, 11:44 AM

it was dripping down on the passenger side under the HE, but i could not locate the source. The mechanic has not been able to re-create the leak, and he left it idling for about a total of 35 minute (in intervals). we have both tugged on all of the hoses, and no more leak.

Posted by: Gint May 6 2005, 11:45 AM

Replace all of the rubber fuel lines anyway.

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 6 2005, 11:46 AM

when Pat put the engine back together, he said he only had to replace one bad hose, and all of the others were in good shape.

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 6 2005, 11:47 AM

QUOTE (nebreitling @ May 6 2005, 09:38 AM)
sure, that fuel leak probably fixed itself. go for a drive.

AND BRING SOME FREAKIN' MARSHMALLOWS!!

it's funny you say that, the mechanic has a fire victim 914 in his lot.

Posted by: nebreitling May 6 2005, 11:50 AM

which 'other ones'? the ones that had sat for 2 1/2 years, or the ones which are 30 years old?

bro: either you had a fuel leak or you didn't. if you were not on psychotropic drugs and feel that the fuel leak was, in fact, real, then you need to replace some fuel lines. period. sorry if i'm being an ass but these things REALLY DON'T fix themselves, and i'd hate for you to lose the car over something as easy and relatively inexpensive as fuel lines.

n

Posted by: jkeyzer May 6 2005, 11:51 AM

My 914 leaked a significant amount of gas from the bodies of a couple of the fuel injectors that would go away when they got hot. The seals in the casings went bad.

Fuel pumps can probably do similar things also.

Don't drive the car until you isolate this.

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 6 2005, 11:53 AM

QUOTE (nebreitling @ May 6 2005, 09:50 AM)

bro: either you had a fuel leak or you didn't. if you were not on psychotropic drugs and feel that the fuel leak was, in fact, real, then you need to replace some fuel lines.

that's funny, because i feel like i was on drugs, since i was the only one to see it. but i agree with you.

Posted by: DJsRepS May 7 2005, 06:32 AM

Do change all the rubber gas lines over and under the motor and replace the fuel filter for good measure. There is no one fix on old lines. Then check all the clamps every oil change. Fuel pump leaks are common leaker too and can be rebuilt/resealed. Also check fuel pump pressure clogged return can 4x the presure.

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 9 2005, 01:38 PM

found the leak. fifth time he let it run for the day, and it started leaking profusely right after it started. makes me feel better knowing i wasn't on drugs. strange though,that the leak would come and go like that.

Posted by: Ferg May 9 2005, 01:40 PM

good deal

Posted by: 914MF May 9 2005, 01:44 PM

Did he tell you where it was leaking from?

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 9 2005, 01:49 PM

one of the hoses running the topside of the engine. can't figure out why it leaked sporadically though.