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

[Frank DuVal]

Umm, they are talking about stock fuel system parts...

The 5/16" hose over the left rear axle on all Corvairs, and the little 
rubber hoses used to connect the return line on the smog engined cars.

Frank DuVal

Ron wrote:
> 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