breakdown returning from ATL tranny clinic, offending fuel line pic Options

[plas76targa]

Recall from Dr Evils Atlanta transmission clinic that on our return home, we broke down in TN due to a fuel line rupture at #3 injector.

Here's the offending part:



Thinking back over this past weekend, Mike and others commented about smelling fuel. Couldn't see a leak but didn't look real hard either. While in George's garage at AA I noticed an area of his floor paint was bubbled. Sorry George, I now believe that was due to my car leaking fuel. The frightening part is realizing we drove this car over 5 hours on the highway and probably two days around Atlanta with this leak.

Moral of the story: if you smell gas, thoroughly examine all the fuel line hoses.

I think I'll change the other three injector hoses. BTW - these lines are 3 years old. That doesn't seem too old for fuel lines. Then again ...

[Demick]

I'll 2nd that. If you smell fuel, you've got a leak. I had several over the course of ownership of my 914. Seemed to spring a leak somewhere every 2 or 3 years. Never from a split hose though. Just from one of the dozens of hose clamps in the engine compartment area. I would even turn on the heater regularly during the summer to check for fuel smell, as the heater pumps air directly from the engine compartment into the cabin. You can smell even a tiny fuel leak instantly when you do that.

Demick