mango95se

First of all, that was a pain in the butt to change out. Scratched my hands trying to reach down there. Second, i thought i had all the pressure out, but it still sprayed me with gasoline when i pulled the line off.

A few questions:

1. I did this a couple days ago and i can still smell gasoline blowing in my car from the vents. Is this because i sprayed gasoline everywhere or could it be because i have a leak in the line, ie. i put a hole in it from trying to remove it? is there a way to get the smell out or do i just have to blast the vents for the next few days and try to air it out?

2. If i did damage the line, is it fair to assume that it wouldn't be able to hold pressure and it wouldn't start properly? It seems to start without problems, but i'm trying to isolate that as one of the causes.

3. Someone on here suggested changing the rubber lines. I changed the top one, but how do you change the bottom one? ie. how do you reach the bottom part of the lower fuel line?

thanks...

MAXEJA

i just changed mine and spilt gas all over just like you did. Although within an hour the smell was all gone. So you might have a problem there. I would also just turn ur car on and look down there and just see if you can see a leak yourself or hear it. I cut my hands up also trying to get that thing off, its easier i found with 2 people, one person twisting the fuel filter and the other holding on to the tube.

HSVMaxima

iTrader: (1)

Use a hair dryer to heat the tubes up. They'll come right off then.

FLO_BOY

Not only did I spurt myself with Gasoline, but I also couldn't get my car to die (for lack of fuel)...in any case, the gas smell was gone shortly after...

FLO_BOY

SuDZ

Try spraying some fabreeze type stuff in there to kill some of the gas smell. Might make it go away faster.

SuDZ

MAXEJA

after i removed my fuse to the fuel pump my car started and then maybe 1 - 2 sec. it stalled right out.

mango95se

Really? mine ran for almost a minute before it stalled out. Then i kept starting it up and it would stay on for a few seconds. It took a lot longer to stall it out than i expected it too.

MAXEJA

hmmm that is real strange i don't know whats up with that, mine seriously emediatly died out, and then i was not able to start it again. i was a little suprised how fast it happened.

eric

mango95se

Big problems - i think the upper tubing was the wrong type of tubing. BAD BAD BAD consequences!!!!! I tried to tighten the hose clamps because i was still smelling gasoling. Instead of sealing it, it cut through the hosing. nothing but trouble - it didn't hold pressure and i tried to drive it like that. BIG MISTAKE!!!!!! I'm lucky to have not gotten in a wreck. At the end, I had driven maybe 11 miles and I had lost all the gas in my tank (2/3 tank) and rolled into a parking lot on fumes. Lucky for me, some guy who does roadside fixes happened to have an extra tube for me to replace my cut up tube. Its a little bit big (I can still smell gas coming out), but it'll work for now. I'm going to go back and replace it with the right size and hopefully that will solve my problems. This should be an easy easy job, but it has become a nightmare.

moral of the story: learn from my boneheadedness and USE THE RIGHT TUBING!!!!! (ie heavy duty fuel tubing or something like that). If any of y'all have anymore insight or hints to help me finish this, I'd greatly appreciate it.

thanks!

MrBlank

If you dont have a fuse puller,what other tool can you use take out the fuse?

itsgt

i used my hands, when i was too lazy to take out the fuse pliers. You could use those thin pliers as well.

MIXXMAX

iTrader: (1)

Yes, that's what i was going to suggest....Did you you use the high pressure fuel injection tubing? This is highly a MUST for that the fuel is under very high pressure in fuel injection cars. Any other type of tubing will just swell and eventually burst! Lucky for you you caught it real soon and nothing serious had happened. Hopefully, this should cure your problem. Good Luck.