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Posted by: john77 Oct 6 2019, 06:51 PM

I warmed up my 914 this morning as I was planning to take it out for a blast up Angeles Crest Highway.

After about 10 minutes of leaving it to idle I went back outside and noticed liquid dripping from beneath the car just forward of the passenger side rear wheel.

I bent down to take a look and realized it was a pool of gas

Needless to say, I quickly shut the engine off. Kind of nuts to think what might have happened if I'd have missed it...

I took a closer look and it seems to be escaping from the exit to the fuel filter. Fuel pressure's at 3psi and the engine was getting gas, so until I have time to pull the filter I'm guessing the braided hose leading from the filter up to the pressure regulator is split.

The dumbass thing is I only replaced my plastic fuel lines 18 months ago with aluminum lines, but while I was in there all the cloth braided lines looked good and had no leaks so I didn't touch them.

So, anyway, be safe out there... and make sure you replace your 50 year old fuel lines.

Posted by: 914-300Hemi Oct 6 2019, 08:10 PM

Glad to hear that you caught the fuel leak before something bad happened.

Posted by: 914Sixer Oct 7 2019, 07:13 AM

Good catch, little splash on the heat exchangers could have been very interesting.

Posted by: Cairo94507 Oct 7 2019, 07:22 AM

Thank God buddy. Please replace all of those lines that were not previously replaced and use the correct fuel lines clamps too.

Posted by: Coondog Oct 7 2019, 07:27 AM

Almost lost a 73 2.0 years back. Same thing, pulled out of the garage and noticed a trail of fuel. Good eye my friend.

Posted by: billh1963 Oct 7 2019, 07:35 AM

Did you smell the gas before you saw it? The few times I have had a gas leak on an old car I usually smelled the gas first....then my investigation discovered the leak.

Posted by: sb914 Oct 7 2019, 07:43 AM

That happened to me as well. I smelled gas from inside the house in the middle of the night. I went out side and there was a HUGE pool of gas under my car.
It’s was around 3 o’clock am and I immediately cleaned it up ! Never went back to bed .

Posted by: mepstein Oct 7 2019, 07:58 AM

It’s happening to 911’s as well. It’s easy to spend $1k on a set of Carrera fuel lines.

Posted by: JeffBowlsby Oct 7 2019, 08:07 AM

Aluminum lines you said? Are those homemade?

Posted by: sixnotfour Oct 7 2019, 09:58 AM

depends o the blk briaded stuff you have,,, be sure to replace with ethanol proof.

Posted by: burton73 Oct 7 2019, 11:16 AM

Everything was great on my 70,000 mile 86 Carrera till I went into the garage to move my car for a PPI. Then I saw a drip on the driveway pulling it out of the garage. Looked like water but was gas. Needed a new fuel pump and some lines by the gas tank said the wrench


Maybe I got screwed by the mechanic as it started just fine?


Bob B