 Had a very close call today |
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| john77 |
 Oct 6 2019, 06:51 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 621 Joined: 21-February 14 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 17,027 Region Association: Southern California 
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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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| 914-300Hemi |
Oct 6 2019, 08:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,356 Joined: 7-September 06 From: San Dimas, CA Member No.: 6,794 Region Association: Southern California
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Glad to hear that you caught the fuel leak before something bad happened.
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| 914Sixer |
Oct 7 2019, 07:13 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,882 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Good catch, little splash on the heat exchangers could have been very interesting.
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| Cairo94507 |
Oct 7 2019, 07:22 AM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 9,763 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California
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Thank God buddy. Please replace all of those lines that were not previously replaced and use the correct fuel lines clamps too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| Coondog |
Oct 7 2019, 07:27 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,089 Joined: 24-September 15 From: Apple Valley Calif Member No.: 19,195 Region Association: Southern California
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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.
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| billh1963 |
Oct 7 2019, 07:35 AM
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Car Hoarder! Group: Members Posts: 3,402 Joined: 28-March 11 From: South Carolina Member No.: 12,871 Region Association: South East States |
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.
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| sb914 |
Oct 7 2019, 07:43 AM
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Surf Guru Group: Members Posts: 4,303 Joined: 25-November 12 From: Brookings,Oregon Member No.: 15,191 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(billh1963 @ Oct 7 2019, 06:35 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. That happened to me as well. I smelled gas from inside the house in the middle of the night. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) 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 . |
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| mepstein |
Oct 7 2019, 07:58 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,274 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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It’s happening to 911’s as well. It’s easy to spend $1k on a set of Carrera fuel lines.
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| JeffBowlsby |
Oct 7 2019, 08:07 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,510 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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Aluminum lines you said? Are those homemade?
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| sixnotfour |
Oct 7 2019, 09:58 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,432 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Life Elevated..planet UT. Member No.: 2,744 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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depends o the blk briaded stuff you have,,, be sure to replace with ethanol proof.
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| burton73 |
Oct 7 2019, 11:16 AM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,525 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Oct 7 2019, 06:58 AM) It’s happening to 911’s as well. It’s easy to spend $1k on a set of Carrera fuel lines. 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 |
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