With all this talk about fuel line problems, I went out and did an
inspection my fuel lines.? All appears to be OK with them, not a drip.?
Although there seems to be some seepage of some sort, around the injector to
manifold seals.? One thing that I did note, that may or may not shed some
light on the problem.? The exhaust manifold gasket, on the cylinder closest
to the fuel lines, is leaking.? The exhaust gasses are blowing right onto
the heater hose.? The hose is already brittle so I assume that this has been
leaking for some time, although you can barely tell by the amount of noise.?
I wonder if it will eventually lead to the common fuel line problem.? With
an inspection mirror you can see the gasket is clearly blowing out from
under the manifold.? The van has 80k miles on it and is almost 8 years old.?
I suppose that can happen, the gasket is about 90 cents, the labor?? Anybody
have any ideas?
Chris Noeske [mailto: chrisn@...]
Project Engineer
Electroimpact, Inc.
4606 107th St SW,? Mukilteo, WA? 98275-4706
