<VV> Re: 68/69 fuel return line/hazard

[Ron]

Another good reason to leave the fuel system stock.

RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <HallGrenn at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:49 AM
Subject: Fwd: <VV> Re: 68/69 fuel return line/hazard


> In a message dated 5/31/2007 9:17:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tonyu at roava.net writes:
>
>> Replaced the rubber fuel hose link behind the engine shrouding.   It
>> had a mouse mouth sized hole gnawed through it, neatly carved like it
>> was drilled, only with tooth marks on the rubber around the edges.
>>
>>
>
> If you haven't replaced the rubber connections on the return line (or the
> fuel line for that matter) in ten or more years, I'd recommend doing so at 
> your
> earliest convenience.  I tanked up one of my '68s and drove less than two 
> miles
> smelling gas.  Pulled over and found the hose connection at the tank 
> filler
> neck had failed and the pump had emptied half the tank through the broken 
> hose
> connection.  Glad there wasn't any spark.
>
> Bob Hall
> Group Corvair
> Kensington MD
>
>
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