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Post by Alexdundee on Mar 8, 2007 12:23:47 GMT 1
When we came back from the MARCH meeting in the Beetle this Sunday, we where inadated with the fumes of Petrol, so had to drive with the 2 windows open! I went to my local VW garage "Hick" and he suggested that it might be the Fuel pipe running trough the tunnel! So I ordered the new fuel pipe and fuelline and after 2 hours of fidling and bending myself and the fuelpipe in place it was time for a re-start, and guess what, still petrol smell, So i went back to the engine and what do I see....... .......there was petrol spurting out of my fuel pump, and not just a little but a whole lot of it, so quikley shut the engine down. So, lesson learned, not just changed the fuel lines and pipes, but also check your pump !!! Alex. (if anybody need his/her fuel pipe changing, I can give you some advise now!) ;D
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Post by 66westy64bug on Mar 8, 2007 13:11:34 GMT 1
Close Call so it was the fuel pump that caused the smell last sunday and not the pipe inside the tunnel?
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Post by Alexdundee on Mar 8, 2007 13:43:05 GMT 1
Close Call so it was the fuel pump that caused the smell last sunday and not the pipe inside the tunnel? Yep, but I changed the fuel pipe aswell, bettersafe than sorry...
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Post by 67looker on Mar 8, 2007 14:31:54 GMT 1
Nice work - We should have a little 'How To...' section on the forum to share experiences and advice.
No.1 - How to...........Change a fuel pump in a pre-67 Beetle
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Post by keredewor on Mar 8, 2007 21:08:11 GMT 1
Fuel Lines......change em every year, along with the correct clips, they cost nowt and it takes an hour......NEVER put braided fuel lines in, you can't see if they are perished.
Close call though Alex.....time to buy a FIREATER then!!
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Post by Alexdundee on Mar 9, 2007 12:42:43 GMT 1
Yeah, this forum bit is already for people to tell others how to do stuff to there Bugs and Busses and other VW's, to make the garage bill less expensive! Close call though Alex.....time to buy a FIREATER then!! I think there is a thing going on on the SSVC forum for a discount bulk buy! I have been thinking of it yeah.
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Post by graham1 on Mar 26, 2007 8:19:02 GMT 1
well I would have blamed the dog. If he can get out of your can window what else could he do.......... WATCH HIM
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