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Offline Lap

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Fuel hose
« on: 05 January 2009, 09:40 »
Happy New Year all.

I want to replace a fuel hose under the bonnet. It's the one that runs to the injector rail (8V digi). It was leaking a few months back where it went into the rail and I 'repaired' it by cutting a bit off the end and changing the clip. Now it's leaking again but at the other end!  :angry: So i've decided to change the whole thing.

I've done a search and it appears I need 8mm hoses. But GSF only sell 7mm and 9mm. Which am I better off with? Thanks for any help.
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Offline Mew

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Re: Fuel hose
« Reply #1 on: 05 January 2009, 09:51 »
Why does it have to be gsf? Just go to your local autofactors
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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: Fuel hose
« Reply #2 on: 05 January 2009, 13:01 »
Not 100% sure on Digi, but on my K-jet, the silliest thing I did was bodge the repair on the fuel line and use ordinary fuel hose - I think it cost me more in petrol than the replacement OEM pipe from VAG did.

If you can still get the original part, do it, last thing you want is a trail of fuel coming out your car!
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Offline Diamond Hell

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Re: Fuel hose
« Reply #3 on: 05 January 2009, 14:19 »
Digi is very different to K-junk - it runs lower pressure, so with good quality hoses and clamps it'll be fine.
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