Originally Posted by A4OrlandoB6
intellectual crowd in this thread, saves me from making my own thread for this. awesome.
I check under my hood at least once every two weeks. Ive had to repair a lot on this car in the -almost- 4 years I've had it so its become habit. this week, I see a pea-size hole in my under hood fuel supply line's rubber outer lining. the 'braided' line inside is still in tact, but I was FOR SURE leaking fuel. little drops, but definitely consistent. I know its not too close to the exhaust mani but regardless, I stopped driving and started researching. I found some Gates MPI fuel injection hose and i can pick up what i need for less than $20, including screw clamps specified for fuel injection. I have a few things I see going wrong with trying to replace it, though. First, lets get familiar with that we're talking about.
obviously referring to the rubber line running from the firewall to the fuel rail, just to the right of the valve cover.
1. Am i going to be able to get those camps off the hard connection at the fuel rail? I called my dealer and he said its basically all one piece, the hose and the hard connector to the rail. I figure thats probably true and i didn't have my VIN at the time to get a specific part number for my car, and I know it's going to be $100 or so. I DONT want to cheap out on fixing my fuel system, don't get me wrong. I just want to do only whats necessary and eat(better) for the remainder of the week.
2. Say I don't need an expensive part and the old hose comes off with somewhat ease, praise the audi gods. will I be okay with 'fuel injection hose clamps'? I read about this exact problem on 2.7Ts and they used clamps at the firewall line but didn't specify what they did at the rail. I'll update this post in a bit with a picture of my actual problem.
I check under my hood at least once every two weeks. Ive had to repair a lot on this car in the -almost- 4 years I've had it so its become habit. this week, I see a pea-size hole in my under hood fuel supply line's rubber outer lining. the 'braided' line inside is still in tact, but I was FOR SURE leaking fuel. little drops, but definitely consistent. I know its not too close to the exhaust mani but regardless, I stopped driving and started researching. I found some Gates MPI fuel injection hose and i can pick up what i need for less than $20, including screw clamps specified for fuel injection. I have a few things I see going wrong with trying to replace it, though. First, lets get familiar with that we're talking about.
obviously referring to the rubber line running from the firewall to the fuel rail, just to the right of the valve cover.
1. Am i going to be able to get those camps off the hard connection at the fuel rail? I called my dealer and he said its basically all one piece, the hose and the hard connector to the rail. I figure thats probably true and i didn't have my VIN at the time to get a specific part number for my car, and I know it's going to be $100 or so. I DONT want to cheap out on fixing my fuel system, don't get me wrong. I just want to do only whats necessary and eat(better) for the remainder of the week.
2. Say I don't need an expensive part and the old hose comes off with somewhat ease, praise the audi gods. will I be okay with 'fuel injection hose clamps'? I read about this exact problem on 2.7Ts and they used clamps at the firewall line but didn't specify what they did at the rail. I'll update this post in a bit with a picture of my actual problem.
thanks in advance
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