Fuel Leak, kinda dumb questions, Fuel Leaks Options

[thecleanoutking]

Smelled gas the other day when I was about go for a little ride..

I found fuel leaking either from the line or at the drivers side I think its a fuel regulator?, silver cylinder attached to bracket with screw on top looks like a fuel filter but I'm assuming its a regulator there is also one on the passenger side near the fuel pump as well..

Its held on by a bracket that looks to be part of the engine tin, I guess I loosen the nut in my pics and slide it out so I can deal with it a little better..

Is this fuel line similar 8mm braided Fuel line like on my VW's was either going to replace the whole run of it or just trim the line and re-attach ..?

[rjames]

Check ALL of your fuel lines. Given what you have in the engine bay, you also need to pull the gas tank and replace the lines/clamps there, as well as the ones underneath the engine that connect to the lines in the tunnel. If you have an early car consider replacing the clear/white plastic lines in the tunnel with stainless steel lines. If you have a '75 or '76 car and have the the black plastic lines, replacing them likely isn't necessary as they are more durable.

[ClayPerrine]

Check ALL of your fuel lines. Given what you have in the engine bay, you also need to pull the gas tank and replace the lines/clamps there, as well as the ones underneath the engine that connect to the lines in the tunnel. If you have an early car consider replacing the clear/white plastic lines in the tunnel with stainless steel lines. If you have a '75 or '76 car and have the the black plastic lines, replacing them likely isn't necessary as they are more durable.

Having experienced and engine fire in a 914, I would replace the plastic lines with stainless steel even if I had a 75 or 76. Watching your beloved 914 burn on the side of the road is nothing you ever want to experience.

[rjames]

Check ALL of your fuel lines. Given what you have in the engine bay, you also need to pull the gas tank and replace the lines/clamps there, as well as the ones underneath the engine that connect to the lines in the tunnel. If you have an early car consider replacing the clear/white plastic lines in the tunnel with stainless steel lines. If you have a '75 or '76 car and have the the black plastic lines, replacing them likely isn't necessary as they are more durable.

Having experienced and engine fire in a 914, I would replace the plastic lines with stainless steel even if I had a 75 or 76. Watching your beloved 914 burn on the side of the road is nothing you ever want to experience.

I took out the late plastic lines last summer and found there was no reason to have removed them. They remained solid and flexible with zero sign of degradation. Much different than the material used for the early lines. Removing them required adding additional rubber ( additional failure points and maintenance items) since the same material also runs up through to the engine bay on late cars. Others have echoed the same experience.
YYMV.