Just found a petrol leak, which part is this?

Discussion in 'Mech Tech' started by rickyrooo1, Sep 11, 2011.

  1. i think i did it blind from inside the bus through the engine hatch
     
  2. davidoft

    davidoft Sponsor

    i didnt try much, but i can see you could push the pipe up past the filler and then back through the paintcan lid, the top one is flexible enough that was pretty easy to get on. mine fi and it has an extra bracket for the ecu just behind the paint can lid, hmm wonder if that makes a difference
     
  3. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    well the top half pipes are deffo for winter lay up there's no way i'm shagging about on the drive doing that
     
  4. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    This morning before work i changed the offending pipe, it was cracked inside when i took it off and compressed it with my hand but it does look different than the pipes around the engine leading up to the injectors so i bet it is older, the jubilee clips were not very tight at all either and i will deffo be changing all the pipes now i've seen this. I ran the van and it isn't leaking so i've backed it up my ramps so i can do the bits around the underneath that feed to and from the tank etc, i'm gonna order some more proper clips and pipe plus a fuel filter a.s.a.p. but for now i am leak free so at least i can use the van if i need to.
     
  5. That's good news Rick, now get that Fireteck fitted, the best money you'll spend and it just might save your bus one day. ;)
     
  6. Baysearcher

    Baysearcher [secret moderator]

    Just out of interest does anyone know of anyone who's had an engine fire with a firetech / fire flex fitted? I've got one, but just wondered if they actually work??
     
  7. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

     
  8. Yes, good regular maintenance is the key but added piece of mind helps too. It always seems to be older buses that seem to go up in flames,went to see a mate in Cornwall in August, first trip out in his fully restored split and it went up, by the time the fire service got there it was gone, would a firetec have helped or bought some time he'll never know. :(
     
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  10. Don't forget to disconnect the battery if you're pulling the ecu :)
     
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  12. davidoft

    davidoft Sponsor

    the reason vans are perhaps a little more prone is down to the fuel tank possition and the engines proximity to it, most ordinary cars have engines at the front fuel tank underslung at the back, with all the fuel lines easily visable and checkable on mot
     
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