 Had a very close call today |
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| john77 |
 Oct 6 2019, 06:51 PM
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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 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) 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. |
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